BO XILAI PUNISHMENT TRIGGERS BEIJING TSUNAMI

BO XILAI PUNISHMENT TRIGGERS BEIJING TSUNAMI
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Articles in China’s state-run media indicate that former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai may face tougher punishment than merely being removed from his Party posts, according to commentators. In a sign of the gravity with which Beijing is taking the Bo Xilai case, efforts have been made to explain it to the Party membership and the public.
China’s state mouthpiece media Xinhua announced on April 10 at 11pm that former Party heavy weight Bo Xilai has been removed from his positions in the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee (CCPCC) and the Politburo. A minute later, via the same media came the announcement that Bo’s wife Gu Kailai has been handed over to law enforcement agencies in connection to the suspicious death of Neil Heywood, a 41-year-old British businessman.
The same news also broke out all over Weibo, the major micro-blog service in mainland China, but it was quickly censored.
According to Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper, on April 11 the CCP issued documents to county level or higher Party officials, passing on information related to Bo and his wife for so-called “study sessions” to explain why Bo was being purged from the Party.
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However, Ming Pao reported that the documents were immediately recalled, for reasons that are unclear. Ming Pao also reported that the editorial boards of major Beijing newspapers were called into meetings to discuss coverage of the Bo issue.
Commentators say that this type of treatment of a high-level Party official has not been seen since the Culture Revolution more than 30 years ago
Skeptical Reactions
After the Xinhua report, many skeptical responses appeared online about the Bo scandal and what is really driving the current turbulence in the upper echelons of the Party.
Liu Gang, a former leader of the 1989 Tiananmen student movement, wrote on the Chinese Jasmine Movement Blog website that according to the CCP’s usual methods, anything related to a Politburo member is covered up and any public criticism happens only when a high ranking figure has lost all political influence.
Liu questioned how the investigations into the suspected murder of Heywood was being carried out. He pointed out that, until the case is finalized, no one should be allowed to publicly reveal case information. Liu asked, why did the CCP rush to publicize the alleged crime of Bo’s wife?
Epoch Times columnist Wang Hua said: “The report by Xinhua is misleading public opinion. When Xi Jinping visited the U.S on Feb. 15, U.S officials already told media that Wang Lijun exposed Bo Xilai’s biggest crime which was the planned conspiracy with Zhou Yongkang to stop Xi Jinping from taking office.”
Another Epoch Times commentator Zhang Tianliang believes: “If anyone reveals information on Bo Xilai’s corruption, prostitution or even help covering up his wife’s alleged crime, all these are aimed at diluting the real significance of the Bo Xilai case.”

FRIENDLY GHOST BABY BORN WITHOUT BLOOD

Little Olivia Norton has been hailed a miracle by doctors – after being born with no blood.

Oliva, now six months, was born completely white because she had such a low count of haemoglobin – the chemical which carries oxygen in red blood cells – that it could not officially be classed as ‘blood’.

She was given less than two hours to live but survived thanks to emergency transfusions which transformed her into a glowing healthy pink colour.

Mother Louise Bearman, 31, a barrister’s clerk, told of her shock at giving birth to a “ghost white” baby whose condition was so rare she will now feature in medical text books.

She said: “Olivia was my first baby, so I didn’t really know what to expect – but I certainly didn’t think she’d be that colour.

“I’ll never forget what the doctors notes said – ‘white and floppy’.

“There were some complications before the birth, which was incredibly scary.

“Then when Olivia came out so white we didn’t know what was going on.

“It was such a relief when the doctors explained what was happening, and it was quite amazing when they put the blood in her and she slowly turned this amazing pink colour.

“She’s such a lovely baby, it means everything having her at home now.”

Louise and her greengrocer partner Paul Norton, 36, of Witham, Essex, first noticed something was wrong when they didn’t feel Olivia kicking for three days.

They went to Broomfield Hospital, in Chelmsford, and when nurses failed to spot any movement after a 15 minute scan doctors ordered an emergency caesarean.

Olivia was born six weeks early at 8.20pm on Saturday September 10, weighing 5lbs 3oz with her heartbeat dipping dangerously low.

Haemoglobin is the protein which gives blood its characteristic red colour and ability to carry oxygen around the body.

When Olivia was born she had haemoglobin levels of just three out of a normal level of 18, which meant the plasma in her blood could not be classified as proper blood.

The newborn was rushed to the hospital’s special care baby unit where she was monitored for two weeks and had her strength and colour restored with two blood transfusions.

Neonatal nurse Sharon Pilgrim, yesterday (Mon) said in 20 years in the job she had never heard of such low haemoglobin levels.

She said: “It was a miracle she survived. She was incredibly pale when born and had difficulties breathing.

“There was no sign of blood loss prior to the caesarean or during the operation.

“It was only when we carried out further tests on Louise that we discovered the baby had lost blood directly into her mum’s blood circulation.”

Louise added: “The hospital staff were amazing and called Olivia the ‘miracle baby’ and said if I hadn’t come in she would not have survived.

“Doctors still don’t know why it happened, it is one of those freak things.

“I want mums to realise how important a baby’s movement is in checking they are healthy. You have to trust your maternal instinct.”

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