【新唐人2013年09月05日訊】中共前重慶市委書記薄熙來案一審才結束，大陸媒體又爆出涉及薄案的最新消息。原中石油集團公司董事長、國資委主任蔣潔敏，曾利用職權之便，在薄熙來的任職地興建石油煉化項目，幫助薄熙來撈取政績。而在蔣潔敏被宣佈免職的同時，中共喉舌高調指稱中石油是「老虎窩」。時政觀察人士分析，習李政權通過調查中石油的貪腐窩案，挖出幕後的「大老虎」，將觸動江派陣營的利益，中共內部的激烈打鬥使分裂更為公開化。請看報導。
大陸媒體《21世紀經濟報導》9月3號引述知情者的消息透露，蔣潔敏與薄熙來有千絲萬縷的關係。知情者說：薄熙來在遼寧擔任省長的時候，蔣潔敏就推動中石油在遼寧擴建或興建原有的石油煉化項目，薄熙來去了重慶後，蔣又故伎重施，來支持薄熙來提升所謂的政績。
一名業內人士向《《21世紀經濟報導》表示，中國北方的煉油能力早已嚴重過剩，北方的經濟落後南方，如果大量所需原油從南方運來，運輸成本將巨大。而中石油在重慶的煉化項目，原油也需要從緬甸運來。相比之下，中石化選擇在南方沿海修建煉油廠，其實更為經濟。
有海外中文媒體報導，蔣潔敏落馬的一個重要原因，是他向前常委周永康家族輸送巨額利益。蔣潔敏追隨周多年，主掌中石油後，利用職權討好周永康。
9月3號，中組部宣佈蔣潔敏被免職。此外，中共喉舌《光明日報》指稱，中石油是「老虎窩」，要不斷揪出潛伏的「大老虎」。時事評論員夏小強指出，這證實了近來外媒一直關注報導的，中共要把周永康當作「大老虎」來打的消息。
近一段時間以來，中共持續整頓石油系統，多名官員落馬。此外，媒體不斷傳出周永康、前常委曾慶紅等被警告甚至軟禁的消息。那麼，中共高層針對周永康、江澤民利益集團採取一系列行動，拿中石油開刀，其中的背景和深層原因是甚麼呢？
夏小強：「一直以來，江澤民、曾慶紅、周永康.以及紅二代的太子黨陳元，他們通過國開行、中石化、中石油、發改委這個體系的運作，攫取了巨量財富。正是由於江派的周永康和曾慶紅，與石油系統都有千絲萬縷的關係，中石油同時隱藏了江派核心人物的巨大罪證。」
夏小強指出，周永康、曾慶紅、江澤民都是薄熙來政變謀反的後臺大佬，當局通過調查中石油貪腐來打擊這些「大老虎」，從政治和穩固權力的角度來看，相對比較安全一些。
據外界觀察，中國實行所謂的經濟改革開放30多年來，中共一直把自己執政的合法性，寄託在所謂的經濟發展上。
夏小強：「習近平李克強上臺後，面對隨時可能崩潰的經濟的嚴重局面，會嚴重影響到中共政權的穩定。因此，經濟改革成為一個重要的首要的課題。」
夏小強同時強調，在中共一黨獨裁的政治體制框架中，中國的經濟改革和發展是不可持續的，是進行經濟改革的一個死結和死亡循環。
夏小強：「特別是江澤民執政期間，他開啟了中共官員共同貪腐的機制，造成了中共官場的大量貪污，中國的經濟病入膏肓，中國的大型國企，幾乎成為了江澤民、曾慶紅、周永康這些家族的私有財產。」
夏小強預計，隨著習近平和江澤民兩大陣營的搏擊持續，習近平、李克強、王岐山聯盟發起的所謂反腐和改革動作，將會更加激烈觸動江澤民集團的利益，同時也會遭到更大的反彈，中共內部的分裂也將隨之更為嚴重和公開化。
隨著博弈的不斷升級，曾慶紅和江澤民的倒臺，夏小強認為，也只是時間問題。
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China National Petroleum Corp “Tiger’s Nest" To Be Taken Down
Key figures involved in the Bo Xilai case
have continued to be drawn into the open.
Recently, Jiang Jiemin, the former president of China
National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) was removed from office.
Jiang is also head of the State-owned Assets
Supervision and Administration Commission.
Using his authority, he set up oil refinery projects,
to help Bo Xilai gain achievement in governance.
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official
media alleges that CNPC is a"tiger’s nest".
Analysts suggest that the Xi Jinping Administration’s
next actions against the CNPC will be to further
undermine interests of the faction led by Jiang Zemin.
They forecast that top-level CCP infighting will make
the Party split apart more, and in a more overt way.
On September 3, China’s 21st Century
Business Herald quoted sources.
It says that Jiang Jiemin has inextricable ties with Bo Xilai.
During Bo’s tenure as Liaoning governor, Jiang
focused CNPC business expansion in Liaoning.
After Bo’s reign over Chongqing, Jiang helped to
boost Bo’s job performance with the same tricks.
Meanwhile, the Herald quoted an industry insider, who
gave views on the questionable business practices of CNPC.
He said that firstly, northern China has
a serious and excessive refining capacity.
Secondly, being less economically developed,
the North heavily relies on crude oil.
This oil is transported at high cost from the South.
Thirdly, even CNPC oil refinery projects in Chongqing
has had to import crude oil shipped from Burma.
Sinopec, another China oil giant, has located
its oil refinery plants more often in the southern
coastal regions, which are more economical.
Overseas Chinese media has reported on
an important cause of Jiang Jiemin’s fall.
He has passed huge profits to Zhou Yongkang,
former Politburo Standing Committee member.
Jiang has worked under Zhou for many years.
After he took the helm of the CNPC, he has
curried favor with Zhou by abusing his power.
On September 3, the CCP Central authorities
announced the removal of Jiang Jiemin from office.
The CCP-sponsored Guangming Daily
calls the CNPC a “tiger’s nest".
It stated that from it would be pulled more"big tigers".
Commentator Xia Xiaoqiang says this confirms
the news intensively reported by overseas media.
That is, the CCP has targeted
Zhou Yongkang, the “big tiger".
Recently, several CNPC executives have been taken down.
New reports emerged that Zhou Yongkang
and Zeng Qinghong have been warned,
or they have been put under house arrest.
What are the motives of the CCP axing the CNPC?
What are its actions against the interest group
led by Zhou Yongkang and Jiang Zemin?
Xia Xiaoqiang: “All along, Jiang Zemin, Zeng Qinghong,
Zhou Yongkang and the CCP princeling Chen Yuan,
have seized huge amount of wealth through a network.
This is composed of National Development Bank, the CNPC,
Sinopec, and National Development & Reform Commission.
Zhou Yongkang and Zeng Qinghong have been
closely connected with the petroleum industry.
The CNPC has helped conceal crucial criminal
evidence for core figures of Jiang Zemin’s faction."
Xia Xiaoqiang says that Zhou Yongkang,
Zeng Qinghong, and Jiang Zemin were all
unseen backers of Bo Xilai’s military coup plot.
The CCP has purged these “big tigers” by way
of investigating corruption inside the CNPC.
This is a relatively safe practice, considering
the CCP’s political stability, according to Xia.
Political observers think that since China opened
up 30 years ago, the CCP has always justified its
political legitimacy with economic development.
Xia Xiaoqiang:"After taking office, Xi Jinping and
Li Keqiang have constantly faced the economic collapse.
This has seriously affected the CCP rule, so
economic reform becomes one of its priorities."
Xia Xiaoqiang indicates that the CCP one-party system
is a hard knot for China’s economic reform and growth.
It is like a closed loop of death.
Xia Xiaoqiang: “In particular, during his tenure,
Jiang Zemin initiated a collective-corruption system.
This has given birth to massive
corruption in the CCP officialdom.
Meanwhile, it has made China’s economy incurably sick.
State-owned enterprises have become almost
private properties for the families of Jiang Zemin,
Zeng Qinghong, and of Zhou Yongkang."
According to Xia Xiaoqiang, the battle will continue
between the two factions under Xi Jinping and Jiang Zemin.
Xi, who is allied with Li Keqiang and Wang Qishan,
will wage more fierce anti-corruption drives,
as well as and reforms against Jiang’s faction.
At the same time, they will get more counter-attack.
It will then be followed by a more overt
splitting of the CCP, Xia Xiaoqiang forecasts.
As the infighting escalates, Xia Xiaoqiang says
that it is just a matter of time before the downfall
of Zeng Qinghong and Jiang Zemin.
