Bo Xilai and the Red Aristocracy’s Illusion of Power 薄熙来与红色贵族的权力幻觉 Recently, a post by Bo Guagua, son of the disgraced red aristocrat Bo Xilai, trying to resurrect his father’s reputation made waves on X. Here is my take on Bo Xilai, based on my own understanding and experience — and, by extension, on China’s red aristocracy. I wrote in Chinese in this piece. 薄瓜瓜最近重新开口，让我又想起了他的父亲薄熙来。 关于薄熙来的政治生涯，外界已经写得很多。但我对这个人的判断，并不是2012年倒台以后才形成的。从大连、辽宁、商务部到重庆，我自己看到的、朋友分享的几件事，串起来，反而很能说明薄熙来这个人，也很能说明中国一种特殊的政治阶层——红色贵族。

Consistency is valuable in governance. 政贵有恒。 From the speech by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, at the second full assembly of the second plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, on Feb 28, 2013. #XiJinping# #ChineseWisdom# #XiQuotes#