Meanwhile, some old officials and members of the Politburo who supported Party head Hu Jintao persistently requested that Zeng Qinghong explain clearly why his son had emigrated to Australia.
Each summer the Party’s top officials get together at the beach resort Beidaihe. At the 2007 meeting, a retired official criticized how the Vice President’s son had secretly emigrated to another country and then been publicized by foreign media.
“This is too shameful, too indecent, too outrageous,” the old official said.
Facing accusations by many people, Zeng Qinghong became furious and yelled in a meeting that he didn’t know about the immigration and couldn’t control his son.
Hu Jintao, because Zeng had “betrayed the country for money,” used an article in People’s Daily to give him a warning. Zeng Qinghong understood Hu’s warning and was forced to retire.
When Zeng stepped down, he put the best face on his disgrace, claiming he had sacrificed himself in order to help Xi Jinping, who joined the Standing Committee and then was named Hu Jintao’s successor.
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