3 Officials’ Children Snubbed by Party

The children of three renowned Communist statesmen have failed to win election as delegates to a crucial party congress, sources said. Deng Nan, daughter of late “paramount leader” Deng Xiaoping, failed to win election as a delegate to the 15th Communist Party Congress, a party source said. Her failure to win a place reflected unhappiness among party members at the rise to prominence of many “princelings”--a nickname given to the offspring of China’s most senior party officials. Also passed over were Chen Yuan, son of close Deng associate Chen Yun, and Bo Xilai, son of party elder Bo Yibo.