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1. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Gu's case reveals corruption of power

   Posted Aug 23rd 2012, 12:00am by Hu Shuli

   ... appointed his deputy in the public security bureau, Guo Weiguo , to handle the case. Guo was close to the Bo family, according to the Xinhua report. When Guo and his colleagues found out that Gu ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1021072/gus-case-reveals-corruption-power
2. Comment - News

   Judicial reform will strengthen China's rule of law

   Posted Oct 25th 2012, 12:00am by Hu Shuli

   ... the legal safeguards that would protect reforms in other areas. The flagrant abuses uncovered in the cases of Gu Kailai, Wang Lijun and Bo Xilai bring home the critical importance of the rule ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1068799/judicial-reform-will-strengthen-chinas-rule-law
3. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Bo Xilai case exposes challenges of a modernising China

   Posted Oct 11th 2012, 12:00am by Hu Shuli

   ... published in Century Weekly magazine. www.caixin.com Bo Xilai's case lays bare the stark challenges of a modernising China ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1058006/bo-xilai-case-exposes-challenges-modernising-china
4. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Action on CNPC signals Beijing's resolve to hit corruption hard

   Posted Sep 05th 2013, 12:00am by Hu Shuli

   ... was no less serious than the one on Bo. Just when speculation was heating up about details of the misconduct, the bombshell dropped that the head of Sasac itself, former CNPC chairman Jiang Jiemin ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1303360/action-cnpc-signals-beijings-resolve-hit-corruption-hard
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Hugo Chavez reign highlights the pitfalls of populism

   Posted Mar 14th 2013, 12:00am by Hu Shuli

   ... the country towards populist authoritarianism. Similarly, the Bo Xilai scandal in Chongqing is an example of populism that could undermine a country's long-term development. Democracy, the rule of law and a market economy create long-term stability. Just like Bo's campaign to crack down on crime, "oil socialism" cannot, in the long run, bring stability. Income inequality, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1189938/hugo-chavez-reign-highlights-pitfalls-populism
6. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   China's reformers should start 2013 by implementing the constitution

   Posted Jan 10th 2013, 12:00am by Hu Shuli

   ... gripped the country since 2004 seems to be reaching a turning point, thanks in no small part to the Bo Xilai scandal. We saw how the path that once led to the Cultural Revolution would take us ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1123949/chinas-reformers-should-start-2013-implementing-constitution
7. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   A new year, a more open style of governance beckons in China

   Posted Jan 03rd 2013, 12:00am by Hu Shuli

   ... to honour what they had promised, but also because their abuse of power has become so rampant. The Bo Xilai case and the recent sex and corruption scandals bring home the point. The people now ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1118418/new-year-more-open-style-governance-beckons-china
8. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   All Chinese, even party officials, must abide by the constitution

   Posted Dec 13th 2012, 12:00am by Hu Shuli

   ... and the constitution's authority. The shocking details of the Bo Xilai case bring this point home. Under his rule, Chongqing became a place where officials acted with impunity, and police officers were free ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1103771/all-chinese-even-party-officials-must-abide-constitution
9. Comment - News

   China must push for all-round reform

   Posted Nov 01st 2012, 12:00am by Hu Shuli

   ... is deeply worrying. As Bo Xilai's case shows, if reformers don't check the abuse of power and push for political reform, China could easily lose its development gains so far. Political ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1074015/china-must-push-all-round-reform