My comment:
(a) The report, as well as that of VOA, says Mr Bo Guagua definitely was driving a Porsche. Both cite Wall Street Journal. But WSJ actually gives itself some room to wriggle (remember: WSJ was the one who broke the news half a year ago that Guagua drove a red Ferrari to pick up a daughter of then US ambassador at the latter's residence, none of which turns out to be correct).
(b) Jennifer Levitz and Steve Eder, Bo's Son Ticketed in Porsche; Boston-area traffic stops surface as Chinese 'princeling' seeks to play down lifestyle. WSJ, Apr 27, 2012. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... ?mod=googlenews_wsj
Two consecutive paragraphs:
"Massachusetts Department of Transportation records show Mr. Bo was stopped by police for allegedly running stop signs in December 2010 and May 2011, one of them at 2:20 am, and for speeding in February 2011. The license plate of the car, which the Journal learned from someone familiar with the matter, showed it was a black 2011 Porsche Panamera registered to someone at his address. Cars similar to that cost $80,000 or more new, according to Edmunds.com.
"The license plate on the car is registered to James Jun Cui, according to state records. A person with that name has an address in New York City. A man who answered a cellphone linked with Mr Cui on Thursday evening was asked about his relationship with Bo Guagua. He replied, 'I'm traveling, now is not a good time,' and hung up.
(3) Edward Wong, In China, a Fall From Grace May Aid a Rise to Power. New York Times, Apr 27, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/2 ... ent-xi-jinping.html
("He [Xi] cannily stayed in the background while supporting a process that removed a man who had threatened to become his biggest rival in the next group of Chinese leaders")