Where We From

重庆 (Chóngqìng), China, August 2012

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

重庆 (Chóngqìng), China, August 2012. We were there, too, and we really wanted to be there as the train journey from 上海 (Shànghǎi) to 重庆 (Chóngqìng) took us more than 33 hours in a not-too-comfortable wagon, but everything was worth it! Photo: Isadora Duncan.

On Earth as It Is in Heaven

• 国内部分群众代薄熙来前往八宝山革命公墓扫墓 | Someone came to 八宝山革命公墓 (Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery) to put flowers at the grave of 薄熙来 (Bó Xīlái)’s parents on his behalf, RedChinaCn.net, April 18, 2016

On April 4, 2016, on the occasion of the 清明节 (Qīngmíng Festival), a Beautiful Mind came to 八宝山革命公墓 (Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery) in 北京 (Běijīng) to put flowers at the grave of 薄一波 (Bó Yībō) and his wife 胡明 (Hú Míng) on behalf of their son 薄熙来 (Bó Xīlái), the unforgotten Communist Party Secretary of 重庆 (Chongqing), sentenced to life imprisonment on unproven bribery charges. The elegiac couplet says: “Mother, father: you will always be in my heart”. It was signed by the Comrade 薄熙来 (Bó Xīlái) on August 26, 2013 during his trial at the 济南 (Jǐnán) intermediate people’s court.

花篮挽联上写的“父亲、母亲，你们永远是我心中的神圣”，是2013年8月26日薄熙来同志在济南法庭上最后陈述中的一句话。 Photo courtesy of RedChinaCn.net.

Before Sunset

Chinese children celebrating a red flowering day in 重庆 (Chóngqìng) on March 2011, when 薄熙来 (Bó Xīlái), the region’s Communist Party Secretary, was still vying for a place in the Politburo Standing Committee. Photo: STR/AFP/Getty Images.

Just the Beginning...

谷开来 (Gǔ Kāilái) and 薄熙来 (Bó Xīlái)
Photo: news.creaders.net

A court in 北京 (Běijīng) has commuted the suspended death sentence of 谷开来 (Gǔ Kāilái), wife of the former Communist Party Secretary of 重庆 (Chóngqìng) 薄熙来 (Bó Xīlái), to life in prison.