Bo Xilai's Son Turns up in Taiwan

A photo of Bo on his LinkedIn page

Wow a blast from the past.

Remember Bo Xilai and his quest for power, his police chief who fled to a US consulate begging for asylum, and an Englishman who was murdered?

Bo is behind bars for life after he was convicted in 2013 for abuse of power and corruption, and was removed from all party and public positions.

Gu, Bo and their son Guagua many years ago

His wife Gu Kailai is also in jail serving a life sentence for her involvement in the murder of the Englishman, Neil Heywood.

However, their younger son, Bo Kuangyi, or commonly known as Bo Guagua, is in Taiwan to visit his fiancee's family.

The younger Bo entered Taiwan with a British passport on November 13, as he will apparently marry the scion of the Hsu family; her grandfather was Hsu Wen-cheng, the founder of Lotung Poh-ai Hospital in Yilan and influential KMT member, who passed away in 2019.

The Hsu family is considered to have strong political and business connections in Yilan.

After Bo arrived, he had a health check at the Lotung Poh-ai Hospital on the morning of November 15 and met his fiancee's family. Apparently a visitor needs to have a health check if they want to apply to stay longer in Taiwan.

Lotung Poh-ai Hosptail in Yilan

The young couple met when they were studying in the United States (Bo graduated from Harvard in 2012) and kept a long-distance relationship for many years. He has not been back to China since, but has been working in Toronto, Canada.

Taiwanese media are speculating if Bo will be applying to live in Taiwan long-term, and what he's going to do after he gets married...