Chinese Dragnet Entangles Family of Former Security Chief, Zhou Yongkang
"Smith," said Winston.
The Chinese Communist Party, by recent tradition, honors its retired leaders by expecting them to fade quietly into the background. But after Zhou Yongkang stepped down from the powerful Politburo Standing Committee 16 months ago, bad things started happening to people with connections to him.
"Smith?" said the woman. "Thass funny. My name’s Smith too. Why," she added sentimentally, "I might be your mother!"
Party investigators hauled away business magnates, officials from the populous province and the large oil company Mr. Zhou once ran, and others----over 30 have been named so far by government authorities. The party has said many are under investigation for violating its disciplinary regulations, code in China for suspected corruption.
She might, thought Winston, be his mother. She was about the right age and physique, and it was probable that people changed somewhat after twenty years in a forced labour camp.
Still others have simply disappeared without a word from authorities, including his son and American daughter-in-law, assumed by family members to be in the custody of Chinese officials.
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