Follow us on TWITTER: http://twitter.com/cnforbiddennews Like us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/chinaforbiddennews Following the recent Hong Kong media's publishment of a letter written by former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao stating he would never abuse power for personal gain, the Communist media also revealed secrets of the Wen family scholarly lineage in a recent article. Consequently, there is a significant amount of buzz regarding the recent media focus on Wen Jiabao. On the 18th, Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao published former Communist Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's personal letter to former Hong Kong NPC delegate Ng Hong-mun. He described his post-retirement life and indicated that he has never abused power for personal gain. In October 2012, a New York Times expośe revealed Wen's family involvement in acquisition of wealth. Ng Hong-mun told Ming Pao that after 10 years of holding office, it is inevitable political opponents will attack, and that the rumors about Wen Jiabao were "groundless." He believes that the media attack was deliberately planned. On the same day, ifeng.com also published a letter said to be from Wen to Ng Hong-mun which read, "I did not and will not abuse the position of authority for personal gains." On the afternoon of the 19th, Communist media published an article regarding a Wen family secret, emphasizing scholarly roots in Wen's family. Beijing political analyst Hua Po believes these media reports are reponses to all the recent negative news about Wen Jiabao. Hua Po, Beijing politics analyst: "The report from People's Daily seemed to be a protective measure on the part of Xi Jinping towards Wen Jiabao. I believe prior to the resolution of Zhou Yongkang's case, these attacks will continue from Zhou's cronies, such as Standing Committee members of the regime and members of the Politburo such as Zeng Qinghong, Luo Gan, Jiang Zemin and Xu Caihou." Since Xi Jinping came to power, anti-corruption has become a serious point of contention for the Jiang faction. Just at the end of last year, Li Dongsheng, who was director of the 610 Office, a department under the Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC) was sacked, and it has been widely reported that PLAC secretary Zhou Yongkang has been detained and interrogated. U.S. based Epoch Times newspaper was informed that a task force was initiated by the Central Commission for Discipline (CCDI) to investigate key figures involved in Zhou Yongkang's case. They are the former Politburo Standing Committee members Jiang Zemin, Zeng Qinghong, and Luo Gan. Immediately after the news, Wen Jiabao was once again the object of a frenzied media attack. On Jan. 15, overseas Chinese websites reported that the CCDI set up two individual task forces. "Task II" refers to the investigation of the Zhou Yongkang scandal, and the other, known as task I, is to investigate the corruption case of Wen Jiabao's family. So far, no one has been detained for investigation in Wen's case. Liu Yinquan, former history professor: "When Wen Jiabao was Premier, his insistence on world values and reform offended certain people, particularly the conservative forces who oppose reform. They have tried everything possible to defame Wen Jiabao's family and destroy Wen." Former history professor Liu Yinquan believes the purpose of ruining Wen is to deal blows to party reformists. It warns those who intend to reform of the consequences of promoting reform like Wen Jiabao. Hua Po: "In a joint effort, Wen Jiabao, Xi Jinping and Hu Jintao brought down Bo Xilai. Now Xi Jinping is targeting the vested interest groups and Zhou Yongkang. None of these people likely face death. The exposure of Wen's negative secrets is their way to fight back." Hua Po analyzes that the Jiang faction has released negative information about Wen to draw the public's attention away from them and send a warning to Xi Jinping regarding his "catch the big tiger" campaign. Late last year when Reuters reported that Zhou Yongkang may be investigated, their source said, "It would look strange to only go after Zhou Yongkang and ignore the Wen family." Since the take down of Li Dongsheng at the end of last year, sources say Li Dongsheng has spent a huge amount of assets to feed information to foreign media to specifically attack political opponents. After the Chongqing incident, under the instruction of Zhou Yongkang and Zeng Qinghong, Li Dongsheng deliberately released a large amount of dirt to foreign media for the purpose of attacking the central leadership -- Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, and Ling Jihua. 《神韵》2014世界巡演新亮点 http://www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org/

• published: 23 Jan 2014
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