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.