海外媒体继续追问习近平下落

choi

BBC Chinese, Sept 12, 2012.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... ournalists_xi.shtml

(2) Kathrin Hille in Beijing and Jamil Anderlini, Echoes From History in Xi Jinping Mystery. Financial Times, Sept 13, 2012 (available now).
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d ... 7-00144feabdc0.html

Quote:

(a) "It was not until July this year that the People’s Daily, the party’s mouthpiece, confirmed that Li Peng, at the time China’s prime minister, had been treated in hospital in 1993. Mr Li disappeared from public view for several months that year, cancelling trips abroad and meetings with visitors. The foreign ministry had said he had a cold and was recovering. It is by now widely believed that Mr Li had suffered a heart attack.

"Posts referring to Mr Xi and Mr He have been quickly deleted on Chinese microblogs, while searches for their names have been censored. And yet internet users quickly found other ways of discussing the issue. One Weibo user posted a picture showing Yuan Shikai, the early 20th century Chinese ruler who had himself elevated to emperor but was toppled after 83 days, next to Xi Jinping. The post joked that while one had been on the throne for just a matter of days, the other might never make it there because he has gone missing.

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest of the FT report, which does not require registration.
(b) I do not know if the report about Mr Li Peng's health is correct.

choi

英媒：习近平患心肌梗塞 非腰扭伤. BBC Chinese, Sept 12, 2012.
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chin ... ina_xijinping.shtml

, which is based on

Malcolm Moore, China's Next Leader Xi Jinping 'Suffered Heart Attack.' Daily Telegrqaph, Sept 13, 2012 (available now).
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... d-heart-attack.html

Quote:

"Mr Li said that Mr Xi's illness was not severe enough to disrupt the 18th Party Congress.

"And Fan Jinggang  范景刚, the manager of the 'Leftist' Utopia forum, which espouses the ideas of Chairman Mao, said a 'reliable source' had told him that 'Mr Xi is in good health.' Mr Fan blamed the fevered rumours in Beijing on a foreign media bent on stirring up controversy ahead of the Communist party's leadership transition. At the 301 Military Hospital in Beijing, the facility that often treats top leaders, there was no sign of any extra security.

Note: Comparison of the BBC and telegraph reports:
(a) LI Weidong, former editor of China Reform  《中国改革》杂志前主编李卫东
(b) Willy Lam, the former editor of the South China Morning Post  《南华早报》前主编、林和立
(c) A magazine in Hong Kong, iSun Affairs  陽光時務

習近平身體健康、地位穩固 推動政改. 陽光時務, Sept 12, 2012 (top story).
http://www.isunaffairs.com/?p=10953