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1. News - Hong Kong

   Bo Xilai sentenced to life in prison for corruption

   Posted Sep 22nd 2013, 12:36pm by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

   ... By Barbara Demick (Los Angeles Times (MCT)) BEIJING — Bo Xilai, at one time the most potent challenger to the current Chinese Communist Party leadership, was sentenced Sunday to life in prison for corruption. The unexpectedly harsh sentence is likely to be interpreted as a sign of just how anxious the Chinese government is to get the 64-year-old Bo, a telegenic politician ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1315160/bo-xilai-sentenced-life-prison-corruption
2. News - Hong Kong

   China authorities announce charges against Bo Xilai

   Posted Jul 26th 2013, 04:46am by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

   ... they’ll go after his son,” Hu wrote in the Human Rights in China Biweekly this month. “Bo Xilai has to cooperate with the authorities to make sure his son can avoid trouble.” Bo Guagua, 25, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1290940/china-authorities-announce-charges-against-bo-xilai
3. News - Hong Kong

   In China, another powerful government official is investigated

   Posted Sep 02nd 2013, 09:12am by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

   ... of Bo Xilai, a former Chongqing party secretary who was charged with corruption and abuse of power for allegedly covering up his wife’s murder of an English business associate. Testimony in the trial — some of which was expunged from transcripts made public — suggested that Zhou might have been directing a cover-up and supporting Bo in resisting orders from Beijing. If true, the charge ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1301678/china-another-powerful-government-official-investigated
4. News - Hong Kong

   In China, ‘red nobility’ trumps egalitarian ideals

   Posted Mar 06th 2013, 04:08am by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

   ... gained admission to Tsinghua University with a party recommendation; after graduation, his father secured him a job as an aide to the powerful head of the Central Military Commission. Bo Xilai ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1181416/china-red-nobility-trumps-egalitarian-ideals
5. News - Hong Kong

   China to expel Bo Xilai from Communist Party

   Posted Sep 28th 2012, 09:28pm by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

   ... said Jin Zhong, a magazine editor and veteran political analyst working out of Hong Kong. “The main problem is Bo Xilai. They haven’t decided how to deal with him and he has taken a very tough ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1049723/china-expel-bo-xilai-communist-party
6. News - Hong Kong

   China may struggle to move beyond Bo Xilai scandal

   Posted Sep 29th 2012, 06:43am by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

   ... you see every day than Bo Xilai.” But others say the incoming leadership, including Xi and Li Keqiang, who’s expected to replace Wen Jiabao as premier, could be shaped by the extensive ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1049997/china-may-struggle-move-beyond-bo-xilai-scandal
7. News - Hong Kong

   Chinese political scandal takes new turn with indictment of ex-police chief

   Posted Sep 06th 2012, 02:58am by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

   ... the vice mayor of Chongqing, marks yet another turn in the saga of Bo Xilai, the former Chinese Communist Party chief of that southwestern metropolis and a rising political star whose fortunes unraveled after Wang’s unsanctioned excursion to the U.S. diplomatic outpost. Wang’s appearance at the consulate allegedly came after he and Bo fell out over Wang’s assertion that Bo’s wife, Gu ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1030420/chinese-political-scandal-takes-new-turn-indictment-ex-police-chief
8. News - Hong Kong

   China awash in speculation over absent official

   Posted Sep 11th 2012, 04:31am by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

   ... was reportedly naked and the other in a state of semi-undress. That followed a scandal surrounding Bo Xilai, a man once thought to be a serious contender for the Politburo Standing Committee, the center of power in China, who instead was purged this year from his job as the party boss of the city of Chongqing and as a member of the politburo. Bo hasn’t been charged with a crime, but his wife ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1033801/china-awash-speculation-over-absent-official
9. News - China

   How selection of China’s new leadership works

   Posted Nov 08th 2012, 01:45pm by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

   ... is seen as ex-president Jiang’s man; Li as Hu’s. Deciding the rest of the lineup has seen unexpectedly sharp-elbowed jostling this year. Bo Xilai, a populist politician seen as a rising star, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1077791/how-selection-chinas-new-leadership-works
10. News - Hong Kong

    China unveils new leadership

    Posted Nov 15th 2012, 02:06pm by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    ... the “Internationale,” the socialist anthem. (EDITORS: STORY CAN END HERE) The leadership transition this year has been marked by fierce infighting — fallout from the purge of Bo Xilai, the charismatic former party chairman in Chongqing whose wife was recently convicted in the poisoning death of a British businessman. Bo, once a contender for the top leadership, still has many supporters who see him ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1083032/china-unveils-new-leadership

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