Bo Guagua
| Bo Kuangyi | |
|---|---|
_crop.jpg) |
|
| Native name | 薄旷逸 |
| Born | 17 December 1987 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Other names | Bo Jinggua (薄京瓜, Bo Guagua, 薄瓜瓜) |
| Alma mater |
Balliol College, Oxford Harvard Kennedy School Columbia Law School |
| Parent(s) |
Bo Xilai Gu Kailai |
| Bo Guagua | |||||||
| Chinese | 薄旷逸 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||
| Transcriptions | |
|---|---|
| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Bó Kuàngyì |
Bo Kuangyi(born 17 December 1987), more commonly known as Bo Guagua, is the second son of former Chinese politician Bo Xilai, and the only child of Gu Kailai, his father's second wife. Bo attended Harrow School, read PPE at Oxford University, and studied for a master's degree at Harvard University. In 2016, Bo graduated from Columbia Law School with a Juris Doctor degree.
Because his father was a high-ranking Communist Party official, Bo Guagua's alleged lavish lifestyle has been an occasional topic of news media gossip, which intensified and gained considerable international attention when his father was removed from office in March 2012. Both his parents came under investigation in the alleged homicide of family friend Neil Heywood, who also reportedly helped Bo during his time in the UK.
Bo's father is often described as a "princeling" (offspring of Communist Party elite); his lifestyle and privileges typify those of fuerdai, and far exceed those of regular Chinese people of his age.
Bo's father, Bo Xilai, was a high-profile Communist Party official until his removal from office in 2012. The elder Bo had been part of the 25-member Politburo, and was widely seen as a contender to join the nine-member Politburo Standing Committee. His paternal grandfather, Bo Yibo, was a prominent revolutionary leader and one of the Eight Elders of the Communist Party.
Bo's mother, Gu Kailai, is a lawyer who also hailed from a prominent family. Gu's father, Gu Jingsheng, was a Communist revolutionary. Her mother Fan Chengxiu is a descendant of the renowned Song Dynasty prime minister and poet Fan Zhongyan. In the course of her career, she was involved in several notable cases. Gu is reportedly the first Chinese lawyer to win a civil suit in the United States, and she is also the author of several books. Gu is the second wife of Bo Xilai. The two met in 1984 in Liaoning Province, where Bo was serving as Communist Party secretary for Jin county. Bo has a half brother, Li Wangzhi, who is a Masters graduate from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in 2003.
...
Wikipedia