China: Bo's Son Ticketed in Porsche

WSJ ^ | 04/26/12 | JENNIFER LEVITZ and STEVE EDER

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CHINA NEWS

Updated April 26, 2012, 10:49 p.m. ET

Bo's Son Ticketed in Porsche

Boston-Area Traffic Stops Surface as Chinese 'Princeling' Seeks to Play Down Lifestyle

By JENNIFER LEVITZ and STEVE EDER

BOSTON—In an effort to dispel reports that he led a luxurious lifestyle, Bo Guagua, the Chinese "princeling" at Harvard and son of a deposed Communist leader, this week denied he ever drove a Ferrari. But Mr. Bo has racked up three traffic citations in Massachusetts—and according to a person familiar with the matter, he was driving a black Porsche.

Mr. Bo is the son of Bo Xilai, the ousted party chief of Chongqing, China, and his wife Gu Kailai, who is under suspicion in China for the murder of a British businessman.

The Chinese authorities haven't cited any allegations against the younger Mr. Bo, but in announcing actions against his parents, they said that he and his mother had a close relationship with the late British businessman, Neil Heywood, which later soured because of a business dispute. Mr. Bo, 24, is a postgraduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

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P!

[Salamander]

D’oh!

I thought this was another hoodie thread.

[chopperman]

See, everyone knows a Porche is not a Ferrari.

[Lazlo in PA]

Not only is this dope a phoney Commie POS, he has terrible taste in cars. The Chinese should be upset not that he drives an expensive car but an expensive car that is butt ugly.

[bgill]

Gee, I knew he had his own plane, but didn't know he had his own Porsche.