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1. 100,000 evacuated as hoax bomb threat taps fears in Chongqing

   Posted Jul 18th 2009, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... manhunt staged on the night after the murder. The municipality's party chief, Bo Xilai, had called for a six-month crackdown on crime, but just 2 1/2 months after he made the declaration, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/687169/100000-evacuated-hoax-bomb-threat-taps-fears-chongqing
2. Pledge to slow foreign trade growth

   Posted Jan 21st 2007, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... Minnie Chan Bo Xilai vows to reduce surplus as volume expected to rise 15pc to more than US$2 trillion China's foreign trade will top US$2 trillion this year, a rise of 15 per cent, Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai says. Still, the pace of growth will be dramatically down on last year's. 'With macroeconomic measures having gradually taken effect, foreign trade growth ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/579081/pledge-slow-foreign-trade-growth
3. Chongqing party boss defends his crackdown

   Posted Oct 18th 2009, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai said the government was forced to stage a massive crackdown on gangsters as a response to public pressure. 'We did not take the initiative to stage the crackdown,' Bo said before the annual conference of the Chinese Language Press Institute in the municipality on Friday. 'Rather, the criminal organisations forced us to do so. We have no other ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/695772/chongqing-party-boss-defends-his-crackdown
4. Hu allies get top posts in rich provinces

   Posted Dec 02nd 2007, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... Wang Yang , also an ally of Mr Hu, was formally named as the new party chief of Guangdong. Mr Wang will relocate from Chongqing. He succeeds Zhang Dejiang in Guangdong. Former trade minister Bo Xilai will replace Mr Wang in Chongqing. Wang Jinshan , 62, has taken over as the party secretary of central Anhui province, Xinhua said. His predecessor Guo Jinlong , 64, also a Hu protege, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/617928/hu-allies-get-top-posts-rich-provinces
5. Smiling gunman held over killings

   Posted Jul 10th 2010, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... for interrogation to Jieyang, where he shot dead traffic policemen Zhou Xilai and Huang Weijiang point-blank, the paper said. Hu, a former businessman in Jinhua, Zhejiang, claimed he had bought a handgun ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/719277/smiling-gunman-held-over-killings
6. Key promotions in PLA signal recognition of technocrats

   Posted Feb 06th 2011, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... of the Beijing military region. Officers of that rank must retire at 63; those in overall command of a military region may delay retirement until 65. Jiang, 61, is the son of General Jiang Bo , one ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/737535/key-promotions-pla-signal-recognition-technocrats
7. Anti-triad officer on gang charge

   Posted Jul 17th 2008, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... not to investigate Hao's involvement with thugs hired to attack Guan Bo , son of Guan Zaihan , the deputy director of the provincial supervision department. Guan Bo was permanently disabled ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/645598/anti-triad-officer-gang-charge
8. Carrefour denies talk over revised contracts

   Posted Dec 28th 2007, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... would not have expired. The massive operation stirred speculation among workers that like other retail chains, the company wanted to shed senior workers. Carrefour China spokesman Chen Bo ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/621005/carrefour-denies-talk-over-revised-contracts
9. Three held for abduction, rape and torture of teens

   Posted Sep 02nd 2005, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... The other two were caught later. According to Xinhua, police yesterday identified the three suspects as Zhang Zhongming , 27, Li Qiqian , 17, and Bo Zhilin , 28. Also detained was Wang Fang , who ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/514522/three-held-abduction-rape-and-torture-teens
10. Former PLA soldier in HK fights for compensation

    Posted Nov 03rd 2005, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

    ... was discharged from the Guangzhou hospital 10 days later, given 200 yuan for medical fees and demobilised from the army. Hong Kong garrison spokesman Captain Xiao Bo said Mr Lin was not qualified to stay ...

    http://www.scmp.com/node/523233