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1. News - China - CHINA BRIEFING

   Corruption trials expose roles of the "white gloves" who manage the ill-gotten gains

   Posted Sep 09th 2013, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

   ... themselves even more fabulously by leveraging ties to powerful politicians and gaining inside information. In the five-day trial of Bo last month, probably the mainland's most closely watched ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1306529/corruption-trials-expose-roles-white-gloves-who-manage-ill-gotten-gains
2. News - China - CHINA BRIEFING

   Myriad reasons behind transparency of Bo Xilai's trial

   Posted Aug 26th 2013, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

   ... the defendant admitting to the charges, and later a judge reading out a predetermined verdict, if the previous trials of high-ranking Communist Party officials can be any guide. But Bo's trial, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1299421/myriad-reasons-behind-transparency-bo-xilais-trial
3. Princelings in the spotlight

   Posted Jul 27th 2009, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

   ... or princelings as they are commonly known. After receiving an award as one of the top 10 outstanding young Chinese in Britain in May, Bo Guagua, a son of Chongqing Communist Party secretary Bo Xilai and a grandson of late party elder Bo Yibo, intrigued mainlanders last month with a speech at elite Peking University and by openly talking about his life and that of his family. What has particularly ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/688006/princelings-spotlight
4. Comment - Insight & Opinion - CHINA BRIEFING

   The frightening implications of Bo Xilai's harsh punishment

   Posted Oct 01st 2012, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

   ... Wang Xiangwei What if his crimes had not been found out? And now that they have, how safe are fellow leaders? The frightening implications of Bo's harsh punishment As a joke ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1051066/deeper-political-reasons-behind-bos-harsh-penalty
5. News - China - CHINA BRIEFING

   The best way to handle Snowden's case is to help him move to a third country

   Posted Jun 17th 2013, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

   ... agents to Beijing, resulting in one of the biggest political crises in recent decades and the downfall of Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai , who was then one of the mainland's rising political ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1262437/best-way-handle-snowdens-case-help-him-move-third-country
6. News - China - CHINA BRIEFING

   Shedding some light on the dark world of party discipline

   Posted May 06th 2013, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

   ... include that of Bo Xilai, formerly a Politburo member and party secretary of Chongqing , and the highest-ranking official to be placed under shuanggui in a decade. While many mainlanders, angry ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1230908/shedding-some-light-dark-world-party-discipline
7. Comment - Insight & Opinion - CHINA BRIEFING

   Let's hope Xi Jinping does pursue bolder reforms

   Posted Oct 15th 2012, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

   ... Bo Xilai and his wife show the party risks an implosion at the highest level. And, at the same time, the leadership is also grappling with widespread social unrest at home ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1061222/lets-hope-xi-jinping-does-pursue-bolder-reforms
8. Comment - Insight & Opinion - CHINA BRIEFING

   Car crash scandal complicates leadership transition

   Posted Sep 03rd 2012, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

   ... Wang Xiangwei Emerging details of Beijing car crash in March have served to complicate an already uncertain picture after Bo Xilai's downfall Crash scandal addsintrigueto reshuffle As a popular Chinese idiom goes, misfortune never comes alone. On March 15, the Communist Party leadership sacked Bo Xilai from his position as party chief of Chongqing, bringing to the public's ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1028486/car-crash-scandal-complicates-leadership-transition
9. News - China - CHINA BRIEFING

   Attack on rumours a step backwards for transparency

   Posted Sep 02nd 2013, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

   ... the five-day trial of Bo Xilai, arguably the country's most watched court case in decades. The decision to publicise the bulk of court proceedings on popular microblog platforms - including ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1301448/attack-rumours-step-backwards-transparency
10. News - China - CHINA BRIEFING

    Jiang Zemin's backing of Xi not coincidence

    Posted Jul 29th 2013, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

    ... announced its indictment of Bo Xilai - once one of China's most high-flying politicians - on charges of corruption and abuse of power. In this context, the move also appears aimed at preventing the party's leftists from using Bo's case to influence the agenda at the Beidaihe meetings. Also noteworthy was Jiang's praise for Xi's "determined decisions" in response ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1292708/jiang-zemins-backing-xi-not-coincidence

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