Gu Kailai reveals son Bo Guagua’s jet-setting lifestyle in testimony
No one knows a man better than his own mother, goes an old Chinese saying. And Gu Kailai - wife of disgraced princeling Bo Xilai - vividly recounted the jaw-dropping luxury university lifestyle of her son, Bo Guagua, during her testimony, as well as others, during her husband's trial.
No one knows a man better than his own mother, goes an old Chinese saying. And Gu Kailai - wife of disgraced princeling Bo Xilai - vividly recounted the jaw-dropping luxury university lifestyle of her son, Bo Guagua, during her testimony, as well as others, during her husband's trial.
Having spent many of his formative years abroad, Bo is a high-end frequent flyer, shuttling between China, Britain and the US at least three times a year.
He loves to travel, and has visited Venice, Argentina, Cuba, Paris and Africa, and Germany in 2006 for the soccer World Cup.
As a loyal friend, he generously covered the air fares for his friends, mainly foreigners, who were put up at the Grand Hyatt hotel, Fairmont Beijing and other five-star hotels when visiting the capital.
According to Gu, her son invited more than 40 people from Harvard University to China in 2011, including friends, a vice-president and academics at the university. Xu Ming, the Dalian property tycoon, paid for the trip.
From 2004 to 2012, Xu paid over 3.2 million yuan (HK$4 million) for the younger Bo and Gu's travelling expenses. His trip to Africa in August 2011 cost Xu more than US$100,000. Xu accompanied Bo on that trip because of Gu's security concerns.
