Chinese Communist "Princelings" Given Top Posts in Businesses
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2012-02-25
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Chinese Communist Party "princelings" have come under scrutiny in recent weeks, following the political saga of Bo Xilai and Wang Lijun. Bo, himself the son of a Party elder has scrambled to regain control after his former top cop from Chongqing allegedly exposed evidence against him. Since then, two princelings have been given senior positions in major state-owned companies.
It's common practice for the Chinese regime to secure important positions for children of senior Chinese Communist Party members at public economic entities. Two "princelings" of the Party have recently taken posts at major state-run enterprises.
Wen Xuesong is the son of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. On February 15th he was appointed chair of the board of the state-owned China Satellite Communications Company.
Chinese media reported on Wednesday that the son of the propaganda chief Li Changchun, Li Huedi, is now the vice president of China Mobile—a major state-owned telecom company.
China expert Frank Tien Xie points out such arrangements are usually not in the interest of the Chinese public.
[Prof. Frank Tian Xie, China Expert]:
"Basically since the so called 'opening up' of Communist Party policies, the Party princelings have entered various state-run enterprises. Later, when they were privatized, princelings took away much of the wealth. Many CCP officials changed their posts from the Communist Party to becoming a board member or chairman of a company. These individuals get numerous kickbacks, and stock and it amounts to robbing the Chinese people."
Wen Xuesong and Li Huedi are now among several other Communist Party "princelings" involved in major state-run enterprises. The son of the Chinese leader Hu Jintao, Hu Haifeng, headed a state-run tech company before it was investigated for corruption.
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Chinese Communist Party "princelings" have come under scrutiny in recent weeks, following the political saga of Bo Xilai and Wang Lijun. Bo, himself the son of a Party elder has scrambled to regain control after his former top cop from Chongqing allegedly exposed evidence against him. Since then, two princelings have been given senior positions in major state-owned companies.
It's common practice for the Chinese regime to secure important positions for children of senior Chinese Communist Party members at public economic entities. Two "princelings" of the Party have recently taken posts at major state-run enterprises.
Wen Xuesong is the son of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. On February 15th he was appointed chair of the board of the state-owned China Satellite Communications Company.
Chinese media reported on Wednesday that the son of the propaganda chief Li Changchun, Li Huedi, is now the vice president of China Mobile—a major state-owned telecom company.
China expert Frank Tien Xie points out such arrangements are usually not in the interest of the Chinese public.
[Prof. Frank Tian Xie, China Expert]:
"Basically since the so called 'opening up' of Communist Party policies, the Party princelings have entered various state-run enterprises. Later, when they were privatized, princelings took away much of the wealth. Many CCP officials changed their posts from the Communist Party to becoming a board member or chairman of a company. These individuals get numerous kickbacks, and stock and it amounts to robbing the Chinese people."
Wen Xuesong and Li Huedi are now among several other Communist Party "princelings" involved in major state-run enterprises. The son of the Chinese leader Hu Jintao, Hu Haifeng, headed a state-run tech company before it was investigated for corruption.
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