The fall of Bo Xilai, once the rising star of China’s Communist Party, has been spectacular to watch. Initially purged last month because his superiors feared he might launch a “new Cultural Revolution,” the ouster was shocking enough to spark rumours that Mr. Bo and his allies were planning to seize power in Beijing via a coup d’état.
Then came stories of a British businessman, a fixer for Mr. Bo’s family, turning up dead in a hotel room in Chongqing, the Yangtze River metropolis governed by Mr. Bo.
Chinese investigators have since connected Mr. ...
The scandal surrounding Bo Xilai, a Chinese official once tipped as a future leader, shows how impenetrable politics in China is to commentators and analysts, according toHugh Young, managing director of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia.
Chinese authorities in March unexpectedly sacked Bo as mayor of Chongqing, China’s largest municipality.
Earlier this month, he was suspended from the Communist party's Central Committee for ‘serious disciplinary violations,’ and officials said his wife was under investigation over the murder of Neil Heywood, a British ...
Just a few weeks before his dramatic fall from power, Bo Xilai wrote an inscription in calligraphy, praising the Chongqing Water Assets Management Company, and urging support for its operations.
What he did not say was that a foundation controlled by his younger brother, Bo Xicheng, had acquired a stake in a subsidiary of the water company.
Mr. Bo had done something similar in 2003, while serving as governor here in Liaoning Province. He said his province would make supporting the Dalian Daxian company, a conglomerate engaged primarily in electronics manufacturing, one of the most ...
Tributes made to teacher of Bo Xilai as she dies at 92 - South China Morning Post Tributes made to teacher of Bo Xilai as she dies at 92South China Morning PostGuan Minqing, a teacher for several of China's first-generation princelings, including Bo Xilai, has died on Wednesday in Beijing at the age of 92. At the bottom right corner of page 14, the Beijing Evening News announced her death in a two-sentence ...
Social Media Censorship Offers Clues to China's Plans - MIT Technology Review Social Media Censorship Offers Clues to China's PlansMIT Technology ReviewIn February last year, political scandal rocked China when the fast-rising politician Bo Xilai suddenly demoted his top lieutenant, who then accused his boss of murder, triggering Bo's political downfall. Gary King, a researcher at Harvard University ...and more »
After Bo Xilai's Purge, Web Searches for 'Organ Harvest' Suddenly Allowed - The Epoch Times After Bo Xilai's Purge, Web Searches for 'Organ Harvest' Suddenly AllowedThe Epoch Times28 that ousted Politburo official Bo Xilai was being expelled from the Party, searches for highly sensitive political terms like “live harvest” and “bloody harvest” were allowed on several popular websites, analysts began trying to figure out what it ...and more »
Bo Xilai Informing on High-Ranking Party Members, Says Report - The Epoch Times The Epoch TimesBo Xilai Informing on High-Ranking Party Members, Says ReportThe Epoch TimesThe disgraced former politburo member and Chongqing Party head Bo Xilai is actively helping a special task force and developing information that would target a “big tiger,” according to an article by Jiang Weiping in the May edition of New Way Monthly.
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