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1. Comment - Blogs

   Xinhua suggests Bo Xilai to be given 'Gang of Four' legal treatment

   Posted Oct 29th 2012, 06:07am by John Kennedy

   ... power and the market. The incoming leadership group will be packed with princelings, led by Xi, although the Bo Xilai implosion has badly hurt the brand. Voice of America --  New Wave of Tibetan ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1072254/xinhua-suggests-bo-xilai-be-given-gang-four-legal-treatment
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   Beijing organises 'red song' concert then cancels the event leaving singers out in the cold

   Posted Dec 05th 2012, 07:34am by John Kennedy

   ... of Mao era revolutionary songs, likely due to their tainted association with fallen political star Bo Xilai, netizens and political commentators said on Tuesday. Tea Leaf Nation --  The Best ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1097839/beijing-organises-red-song-concert-then-cancels-event-leaving-singers
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   Will implication in Bo Xilai's crimes get Gu Kailai executed?

   Posted Sep 29th 2012, 08:12pm by John Kennedy

   ... comment on Friday night was that the Xinhua announcement "doesn't make a single refutation of the Chongqing model, and makes no ideological or political criticism of Bo Xilai ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1050277/will-implication-bo-xilais-crimes-get-gu-kailai-executed
4. Comment - Blogs

   Gravity of new Gu Kailai criminal accusations clarified

   Posted Oct 01st 2012, 08:41am by John Kennedy

   ... John Kennedy Experts have pointed out that in China's legal system, cases generally don't go to trial unless the likelihood of securing a conviction is high.  Accusations made through Xinhua this past Friday which link Gu Kailai to several alleged crimes involving her husband, Bo Xilai, led prominent Chinese legal scholar He Weifang to speculate that punishment in a new ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1051356/gravity-new-gu-kailai-criminal-accusations-clarified
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   A Chongqing tragedy in three acts

   Posted Oct 11th 2012, 03:56pm by John Kennedy

   ... Think of what follows as a manifestation of remaining support for Bo Xilai, material evidence that some does exist. Each day last week, US-based Chinese political gossip site Boxun published a series of increasingly sensational rumours regarding the case now being built against Bo Xilai, ending with a list of 89 people who were meant to form post-coup China's core ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1058659/chongqing-tragedy-three-acts
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   Wang Lijun's sentence may be much lighter than you think

   Posted Sep 24th 2012, 07:30am by John Kennedy

   ... John Kennedy   Wang Lijun is to be sentenced today. What fate awaits Bo Xilai ? Last night, civil rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang preempted today's verdict by insinuating , through his microblog account, that Wang's sentence will not reflect the severity or extent of abuses of power for which he was responsible during his time as Bo's right-hand man in Chongqing. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1045832/wang-lijuns-sentence-may-be-much-lighter-you-think
7. Morning Clicks, August 17

   Posted Aug 17th 2012, 12:11pm by John Kennedy

   ... John Kennedy Caixin --  The Bogu Kailai Case: Underwritten by Privilege Caixin editor-in-chief Hu Shuli addresses the recent trial of Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai. Caixin editor-in-chief Hu Shuli addresses the recent trial of Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai. -- The Bogu Kailai Case: Underwritten by Privilege --  Rise Of The Online Titans ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/1016918/morning-clicks-august-17
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   Who is Zhang Jun and why was he just promoted to the Communist Party's disciplinary body?

   Posted Nov 06th 2012, 01:39pm by John Kennedy

   ... into the nuances of Beijing's behind-the-scenes power politics? Or is he another Bo Xilai, waiting in the wings? ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1076121/who-zhang-jun-and-why-was-he-just-promoted-communist-partys
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   First hearing in Zhang Ziyi vs Boxun defamation lawsuit 'vacated'

   Posted Jan 23rd 2013, 12:26pm by John Kennedy

   ... In May last year, Boxun claimed to have received confirmation from multiple sources  Zhang was paid large sums of money to sleep with Bo Xilai on a number of occassions between 2007 and 2011. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1134307/first-hearing-zhang-ziyi-vs-boxun-defamation-lawsuit-vacated
10. Comment - Blogs

    Internet censorship and the political economy of control

    Posted Mar 11th 2013, 10:56am by John Kennedy

    ... officials on the local level are no longer able to suppress users’ criticisms of municipal government. This enables the central government to exert a tighter control on the local level. When the Bo Xilai scandal broke out for example, the central government allowed users a certain freedom to criticise and discuss the provincial politician’s fall from grace. Beijing uses Weibo to manipulate ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1188199/internet-censorship-and-political-economy-control

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