Son of Jailed Chinese Official Bo Xilai To Marry in Taiwan

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Bo Guagua, the son of jailed former Chinese Communist Party official Bo Xilai is in Taiwan, with reports suggesting a marriage to a Taiwanese woman is in the works.

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00:00According to this nurse, a Taiwanese clinic has just had a very unique patient visit for a health check-up.

00:06Bo Guagua is the son of Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai,

00:09the Chinese power couple whose downfall made global headlines just over a decade ago.

00:15Both are now serving life sentences.

00:17The elder Bo wants a senior Communist Party figure for corruption,

00:21and Gu Kailai for the murder of a British businessman.

00:24For Bo Guagua, who was studying abroad at the time,

00:27the scandal was the start of a life in exile, a life that's now brought him to Taiwan.

00:34Though there's no confirmation, reports suggest he's come to marry a Taiwanese woman,

00:38the daughter of a prominent Yilan County family.

00:41It's something that could explain the health check-up,

00:43a requirement in Taiwan for people seeking to stay longer term.

00:47What is known is that despite holding a British passport,

00:50Bo has come to Taiwan as a Chinese citizen,

00:52something that requires special permission due to China's claims over Taiwan.

00:56If he is here to get married,

00:58the question becomes which nationality he'll exercise on the paperwork.

01:01Chinese citizens need special permission to do that, too.

01:06So far, the body that grants such permission, the Straits Exchange Foundation,

01:10says it hasn't gotten any application from Bo.

01:13And they say his celebrity status won't matter if they do.

01:17The foundation also says it won't interfere in Bo's case either,

01:20should he choose to apply for marriage as a Chinese citizen.

01:47Meanwhile, for national security bodies,

01:49Bo's background is attracting notice.

01:51The National Security Bureau says it has no comment.

01:56Just over a decade after the elder Bo's fall from power,

01:59the family story could be getting a new chapter, written in Taiwan.

02:04Dolphin Chen and John Van Triest for Taiwan Plus.

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