Twice upstaged, Clinton’s discussions with China’s leaders took place under the shadow not only of the Chen affair, but also of the recent purge of Bo Xilai from the Communist Party’s senior leadership. Bo’s ouster, the source of the greatest intra-Party ruckus since the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989, is the sort of dirty linen that China’s leaders never air in public.
在陈光诚和共产党高级领导层清洗薄熙来这两件事的阴影下，克林顿与中国领导人展开了会谈。薄熙来下台是1989年6月天安门屠杀事件后党内最大的动荡来源，是中国领导人永远不愿外扬的家丑。因此，用一位美国官员的话讲，他们借陈光诚问题大肆抨击美国代表团。