【新唐人2012年2月13日讯】2月11号星期六，从云南归来的薄熙来与加拿大总理哈珀在重庆会面。这是他在打黑助手、重庆副市长王立军到美领馆寻求庇护之后，首次在国际媒体前露脸。外电形容，薄熙来在会见中虽然故作轻松，但是对哈珀开的玩笑却毫无反应，难掩“心事重重”。有分析指出，薄熙来在风暴中心仍然能够会见哈珀，不过是中共“稳”字当头的做法。
哈珀在11号上午飞扺重庆后先参观了寸滩港，之后到重庆市动物园，出席中国向加拿大租借两只大熊猫的签字仪式，全程由重庆副市长吴刚陪同。
傍晚六点，哈珀在重庆市委小礼堂与薄熙来进行了会面，会谈接近一个小时。
旅美政论家胡平认为，薄熙来出现在镜头前，是中共当局外松内紧的手段。中共当局担心现在处置薄熙来，将引发政坛重大震荡，影响习近平下周访美。
“六四”民运人士，“哥伦比亚大学”政治学博士王军涛也认为，安排薄熙来会见哈珀，只是中共表面粉饰太平的做法。
王军涛：“我认为中共中央现在是不希望这件事震动太大。一方面胡锦涛、温家宝希望劫持太子党打击薄熙来，另一方面他们要维护党的全盘利益的话他们还是要稳住局势。稳住局势的话就是，还是让薄熙来比如在这件事情上表现一个比较正常的外事接待，所以让他去见了哈珀。”
在两人会见期间，当局表现非常紧张，有大量警察在现场进行维安，随行的30多家加拿大媒体只有3家允许进入，而重庆方面也只有5家中共媒体可以进入。
外电指出，有关采访极其严格，电视台记者甚至被维安大汉阻隔，不得靠近会谈室。而薄熙来也没有在媒体面前和哈珀握手合影。
《新华网》在哈珀与薄熙来会面6小时后，才陆续发布两人会面的消息。标题用的是“加拿大总理哈珀访问重庆”，不见薄熙来的名字。重庆市委机关报《重庆日报》在相关报导中，选用《新华社》的通稿，也没有刊登薄熙来的照片。
对比鲜明的是，哈珀在广州与广东省委书记汪洋的会面，各媒体即时发布两人握手合影等相关图文。
香港《苹果日报》形容，薄熙来会见哈珀过程中“故作轻松”，但也不时愁眉深锁，难掩“心事重重”。
《加拿大通讯社》记者观察指出，薄熙来与哈珀双方都避谈王立军事件。其间哈珀开玩笑说：“加拿大人关心中国送加国熊猫多过其他”，但薄却一言不发，没有反应。
湖北异议作家杜导斌认为，薄熙来现在正处于风暴的中心，他的政治生命已经被危及，不可能不发愁。
杜导斌：“他部下出了这么大的篓子，王立军跑到美国领事馆去了。这不是个美事，是个丑事，极大的政治丑闻。那麽他回避这个丑闻是人之常情。第二个可能就是他不知道怎么说，王立军到底是什么样一个结果，到底谈了些什么事，然后王立军到了北京之后又说了些什么事，薄熙来现在肯定是不知道了。”
胡平还表示，十八大召开在即，决定常委的名单也就在这几个月的时间。他说：“无论如何，这次薄熙来是受了非常沉重的打击，至少，他要入常委，恐怕没什么戏了。”
新唐人记者常春、李明飞、孙宁采访报导。
Bo Could Hardly Conceal His Worries with a Non Response to Harper’s Joke
On Feb 11th, Bo Xilai returned from Yunnan Province and met Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Chongqing. This is his first time showing face in the international media since Wang Lijun went to the U.S. Consulate to seek asylum. Wang Lijun is Bo’s anti-corruption aid and the Vice Mayor of Chongqing City. International media describe Bo Xilai as pretending to be easygoing in the meeting with Harper. However, when he gave no response to Harper’s joke, his
anxiety was disclosed. It was said that the Chinese regime is currently attempting to calm Bo Xilai down, which is the only reason Bo was still able to meet Harper in the midst of such a complicated situation.
Harper first visited Cuntan Harbor after he arrived in Chongqing, then he visited the Chongqing Zoo. Harper then attended the signing ceremony of 2 pandas.
Chongqing vice Mayor Wu Gang accompanied Harper throughout the entire process.
At 6pm, Harper met Bo Xilai in the small auditorium of the Chongqing Municipal for a one-hour talk.
Politics Commentator Hu Ping thinks that it’s the “loose outside while tight inside” approach used by the Chinese Regime authority. The Chinese regime is worried that they may cause a big political earthquake if they penalize Bo Xilai right now. It also might have an influence on Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S.
Wang Juntao, a pro-democracy activist, attended the Tiananmen Square event in 1989. He also thinks the Chinese regime pretended to play it cool by arranging Bo Xilai to meet Harper at this time.
Wang Juntao, “I think the Chinese regime doesn’t want to bring about too big a political repercussion. On one side, Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao would like to crack down on Bo Xilai; on the other hand they want to maintain a stable political environment. In order to maintain a stable political situation, they decided to arrange the Bo Xilai/Harper meeting to appear normal.”
During Bo’s meeting with Harper, the Chinese authorities seemed very nervous.
There were a large number of police on the scene.
Only 3 out of more than 30 Canadian media were permitted into the meeting room, and only 5 Chinese regime media were allowed in.
Foreign media said the rules were very strict regarding interviews and reports.
TV reporters were blocked from entering the meeting room. Bo Xilai didn’t shake hands or take pictures with Harper in front of media.
Xinhua only publicized the news that Bo Xilai met Harper in Chongqing six hours after the meeting. The subject of the news was “Canadian Prime Minister Harper Visited Chongqing,” without any mention of Bo Xilai. ‘Chongqing Daily’ is the newspaper owned by Chongqing Municipal authorities. When it reported the news, it copied word for word the article from Xinhua Agency without including a picture of Bo Xilai.
Contrastingly, for the news about Harper meeting Guangdong Provincial Communist Party Secretary Wang Yang, all media published the picture of Harper and Wang Yang shaking hands.
“Apple Daily” in Hong Kong described Bo Xilai as pretending to be easy going when meeting Harper, but hardly being able to conceal his anxiety.
Reporters from ‘The Canadian Press’ pointed out that both Bo Xilai and Harper avoided the topic of Wang Lijun. In the meeting, Harper attempted to inject some levity by saying, “more people in Canada will notice the pandas than anything else.” But Bo Xilai didn’t respond to his joke at all.
The Hubei dissident writer, Du Daobin, thinks Bo is now in the center of a storm. Bo’s political life has been threatened and he can’t help but worry.
Du Daobin: “Somebody under him (Bo Xilai) created such big trouble. Wang Lijun went to the U.S. Consulate. This is not something good. It’s actually a very sensational political scandal. It’s normal that Bo tried to avoid talking about it. Another possibility is that he doesn’t know how to talk about it. What happened to Wang Lijun? What did Wang Lijun talk about in the U.S. Consulate?
What did Wang Lijun discuss after he got to Beijing? Bo Xilai must have no idea about all of these questions.”
Hu Ping also said that The 18th National People’s Congress is approaching.
It’s just these couple of months that the name list of the standing committee will be decided. He said that Bo has been severely attacked, and at the least,
It will be hopeless for him to get into the Standing Committee.
NTD Reporters: Chang Chun, Li Mingfei and Sun Ning
