Oxford star Bo scoops top award in Britain

The son of a high-ranking Chinese official studying in Britain won a special prize on the weekend aimed at celebrating the country's ten most outstanding Chinese youngsters, the China News Service reported yesterday.

Bo Guagua, a philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) scholar at the prestigious¹ Oxford² University, was among 10 people given the Big Ben Award on Saturday for his contributions to the community, the report said.

The 22-year-old is the son of Bo Xilai, the former Chinese minister of commerce and current Party secretary of Chongqing municipality. He was chosen from 28 candidates nominated this year for the prize, which is awarded by the British Chinese Youth Federation³, the report said.

The other winning candidates include snooker player Fu Jiajun, director and writer He Xueyi and violinist Chen Mei. Bo was the first person from the Chinese mainland to be enrolled⁴ in the Harrow School before being accepted at Balliol College, Oxford.

He has already written his first book, entitled Uncommonwealth, a sharp criticism on the blind pursuit of fads⁵.

Bo has also been involved with the Oxford Subsidizing Poor Overseas Student Association, the Beijing Olympics Overseas Student Volunteer Organization and the Adam Smith Institute. He also set up the Oxford University Sichuan Earthquake Fundraising Committee, raising 15,000 pounds ($22,500) for victims of the May 12 disaster last year.

Questions:

1. Who gives out the Big Ben Award?

2. What school was Bo attending before he was accepted at Oxford?

3. What is the title of Bo’s first book?

Answers:

1. The British Chinese Youth Federation.

2. Harrow School.

3. Uncommenwealth.