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Tagged Wang Lijun
22 May 2012
Wang Lijun observes Chen Guangcheng and regrets that before leaving voluntarily, he somehow never expressed a desire to study at West Point Military Academy.

王立军关注陈光诚，悔恨当初自行离开之前，咋就没有提起向往西点军校的念头。

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Wang Lijun was vice-mayor and head of the PSB in Chongqing under Bo Xilai. On 6 February, he visited the US Consulate in Chengdu, leaving of his own volition approximately 24 hours later.

The United States Military Academy at West Point is a service academy located in New York.


7:10 am
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13 April 2012
I need to be braver, [Wang] Lijun said to himself RT //kappaer1: //kappaer1 //aiww something major really happened

要勇敢些，立军默默地说 RT @kappaer1: @kappaer1 @aiww 果真出大事了


1:34 am


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12 March 2012
Mhm //liu_xiaoyuan This is no "awaiting trial after obtaining a guarantor", this is completely a "vacation style treatment". RT //aiww: //veggiewang I get up 7 in the morning, wash up, have oatmeal for breakfast. Log onto Twitter. Work on projects, give interviews. Working lunch consists of three dishes and one soup. After lunch I take a walk in the park. Spend time with my kid, go shopping, chat. For dinner I have both Chinese and Western food and meet with friends. Log onto Twitter. Midnight. Good night.

嗯呢@liu_xiaoyuan: 这哪是在取保候审呀，完全是休假式治疗。RT @aiww:@veggiewang 晨七点起，洗漱。早餐麦片。上推。做方案，访谈。午工作餐三菜一汤。午后公园散步。陪小孩，购物，聊天。晚餐中、西餐，会友。上推。午夜，安。

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“Awaiting trial after obtaining a guarantor” is the legal term used by the authorities to describe Mr. Ai’s current house arrest. “Vacation style treatment” became an internet meme after the Chongqing government issued a statement saying Wang Lijun would be taking time off for “vacation style treatment”. More on that story here.


4:02 am
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11 February 2012
Wang Lijun is mentally ill. I'm afraid this is the most heartening conclusion for the people, promoting his leader to the same likelihood. A general investigation into the mental issues of all leaders and cadres, party-wide and nationwide, is imminent. Brook no delay.

王立军是精神病，这恐怕是最鼓舞人心的结论，提拔他的领导多半也是呢。全党全国领导干部精神问题普查迫在眉睫，刻不容缓呢。


9:15 pm
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Wang Lijun, on the eve of Xi Jinping's visit to America, rushed to the American consulate for protection and was treated by the Americans as a hostage for trade. This seems more like a reasonable speculation.

王立军在习访美前夕闯美领事馆求蔽护，被美方作为人质交易，这更像是合情合理的猜测。


9:06 pm
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Wang Li Jun is an excellent member of our party in these extraordinary times. He took it on himself to arrange business for vice-chairman Xi's visit to America.
王立军是我党在特殊时期的优秀党员，单身主动为习副主席安排访美事务。

3:44 am
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Who are, more than Wang Lijun, Sima Nan, Hu Xijin and the like, better able to amuse this country's public sphere, to ridicule its characteristic value system, to accurately express the delicate relationship between the mainstream opinion in today's China and the value of the individual, and to vent this nation's feelings of madness and despair? Hehe.

有谁比王立军，司马南，胡锡进之类，更能娱乐这个国家的公共视野，调侃其特色之价值观，准确的表述今天中国的主流立场与个人生存价值之间的微妙关系，宣泄这个民族文化的疯狂绝望之情呢？呵呵。


3:20 am
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