On March1, state-run media did a full exposure report on the
stories and arrest of Zhou Yongkang’s family.
However, this news was quickly deleted after being forwarded
on by other websites.
Why did the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) release such
a rare report prior to the annual parliament meetings?
Why was it then deleted?
Let's look at the experts analysis.
The Chinese Caixin media has released multiple reports on
Zhou Yongkang’s case.
Another detailed report on Zhou Yongkang’s family was
released on March1.
It said that Zhou’s son, Zhou Bin, aged42, is a native of
Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province.
His father was formerly known as Zhou Yuangen.
The report described, how Wuxi went through massive
urbanization construction in2004.
Yuangen Avenue was illegally constructed and caused forced
demolition.
Zhou Yuangen’s classmate’s house was not spared.
During the road construction, Zhou’s house was rebuilt and
turned into two new courtyards.
The rebuilt was financed half by Zhou and half by the
Wuxi authorities.
The article also revealed that Zhou Bin was taken away by
police from his villa near the airport early December last year.
His wife, Huang Wan, a U.S. passport holder, was also taken.
Huang Wan’s father, Huang Yusheng, has gone missing too.
Zhou Bin’s uncle, Zhou Yuanqing’s wife and son,
were all taken to Beijing last December.
Caixin’s report was forwarded by other Chinese Internet portals
such as Sina and Tencent. But, the article is no longer available.
Zhang Tianliang, commentator:「The CCP would normally
build a so-called harmonious atmosphere prior to the annual
parliament meetings.
Scandals of the leadership are typically forbidden.
The appearance of this article indicated that it is time
to release Zhou Yongkang’s case.
Its deletion could be due to other unified deployment within
the regime, or because it’s done to test public reactions.」
Before Bo Xilai, former Chongqing Party Secretary, was put
on trial, there was also a report predicting the time and place.
But, it was also quickly deleted.
Chris Wu, China affairs magazine editor-in-chief:「Several
outlets were to reveal Zhou Yongkang’s case, but none
of those have happened.
The parliament meetings will be the last outlet of Zhou’s case.
They need to publicize it to satisfy the public desire to hit the
corruption.
However, none of these are going to solve the problem.
It needs to solve the system, not the people,
but the corrupt Communist system.」
A day before Caixin’s report, Shanghai Oriental Morning
Post had an exclusive report after visiting Zhou’s family.
It said that Zhou Bin’s mother, Zhou Yongkang's ex-wife,
Wang Shuhua, passed away.
Zhou Yongkang’s last visit home was in April last year.
Zhou Yongkang’s younger brother Zhou Yuanqing lived
in Wuxi after retirement.
His wife, Zhouling Ying, is a legal representative of Beijing
Wang Han Investment Limited.
They have a son named Zhou Feng.
Last September,21cbn.com reported that PetroChina lost state
assets to a Sichuan fertilizer company in equity cooperation.
State assets from PetroChina’s subsidiary, Sichuan China Oil,
went to the private company through investment.
The biggest beneficiary was said to be Zhou Feng.
Chris Wu:「The key is that, Xi Jinping, has a formidable
opponent, composed of a group of retired veteran politicians.
Will the CCP really be saved with the downfall of Zhou
Yongkang? None of them would believe it.
They are very worried. Who will be the next?
None of them have a clean past.
Including the retired veteran politicians and Xi Jinping,
they all want to maintain the Communist regime to save
their own money. It is not about benefiting the state at all.」
The Chinese media also reported in detail the past of Zhou
Bin’s father.
It is said that Zhou’s father, Zhou Yuangen retired in2012
from the leader position.
Accompanying the report was a diagram of three generations
of Zhou’s family.
The report said that Zhou Yuanxing’s home was frequently
attended by visitors in several cars driving to the courtyard
every day.
In the past three months, the visiting cars have suddenly
disappeared.
Zhou’s residence had many surveillance cameras.
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