Premier Wen must be protected, corruption or not!
It will be a dangerous precedent if a foreign newspaper like NYT can dictate the future of Chinese politics. That shall NEVER happen regardless whether Mr. Wen did or did not own the wealth alleged by the NYT.
What is the need for Mr. Wen’s family to amass 2.7 billion dollars as alleged by the NYT. He is seventy, his mother is ninety. Unless he can transfer all the money to a Swiss bank account and his family immigrates abroad, he cannot enjoy this money, nor he needs to. Unlike the Bush family, he cannot use this money to purchase a yacht, a personal jet, or a Texas farm, nor he needs to. It is a well-known rule in Chinese political circle that you cannot show wealth, at least not extravagant wealth. Or it will be used by your political enemies, and everyone have enemies.
During my >20 years in the US, I have not seen similar report about a Chinese leader still in power. Yes, there are always China bashing, especially from the NYT. But a corruption allegation for the Premier''s ninety years old mother?! Give me a break! It is a sign of desperation. And the only thing that can make the US desperate is the dollar.
It is not a coincident that during the first eight months, China has imported more gold than the combined gold reserves in European central banks (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-21/chinese-gold-imports-through-august-surpass-total-ecb-holdings-imports-australia-sur), and for the first time, China has been unloading US treasure paper (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-16/china-continues-boycott-treasurys-japan-prepares-become-largest-foreign-holder-us-pa). In common language, China is abandoning the green paper...
If any certain conclusion can be drawn from the NYT article, that is Mr. Wen is not a running dog of US interests. More likely, he supports the multiple currency swapping dealing aimed to replace the US dollar as the world''s reserve currency, and the new debt rating agency recently established in Hong Kong to challenge the monopoly by Moody, Fitch and S&P.
The timing of the article is very suspecious, and the critical issue at hand is whether the future of Chinese politics shall be influenced by a foreign newspaper. If we allow it to happen this time, then we are doomed! We are no better than 100 years ago, when any foreign powers can interfere with the domestic affairs in China, not for the interests of Chinese people but for their own imperial ambitions.
Even if Premier Wen is corrupt, it is up to the Chinese people to decide, but NEVER by a foreign newspaper and the foreign government behind it!