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1. News - China - SOCIETY

   Babaoshan struggles to meet demand as cadres' final resting place

   Posted Sep 23rd 2013, 12:00am by WU NAN

   ... as the site of a cemetery covering about 100,000 square metres. It is the resting place of early Politburo figures Qu Qiubai and Ren Bishi. The ashes of marshal Zhu De and Bo Yibo, the late father of disgraced Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai, are also kept in the cemetery. Video: Beijing plans cemetery expansion Babaoshan, which translates as "Eight Treasure Mountain", was divided ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1315525/babaoshan-struggles-meet-demand-cadres-final-resting-place
2. News - China - SOCIETY

   People's Daily denounces Valentine's Day 'debauchery of decadent cadres'

   Posted Feb 14th 2013, 12:00am by XU DONGHUAN

   ... members who squandered money indulging their lovers. It went on to say that such a trend had been seen among some senior party members, including disgraced former Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai , former railways minister Liu Zhijun and former Shanghai party secretary Chen Liangyu , who all kept mistresses or had illicit affairs with many women. The writer then asked why ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1149676/peoples-daily-denounces-valentines-day-debauchery-decadent-cadres
3. News - China - SOCIETY

   China authorities pushing happiness amid rising discontent

   Posted Nov 05th 2012, 12:00am by Fiona Tam

   ... crime, housing, infrastructure, social security and the environment. But Wang was hardly the first to try out such a scheme. His now-disgraced rival, former Chongqing boss Bo Xilai, also pledged ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1075154/mainland-authorities-pushing-happiness-amid-rising-discontent
4. News - China - SOCIETY

   Boys' deaths highlight plight of China's 'left behind' kids

   Posted Nov 22nd 2012, 01:55pm

   ... Associated Press in Beijing On the day China unveiled its new leadership in Beijing with promises of a better life for all, five runaway boys died in a rubbish bin where they had sought shelter and warmth on a cold, damp night in the south. The boys, Zhongjin, Zhonghong, Zhonglin, Chong and Bo, were all brothers or cousins aged 9 to 13. Surnamed Tao, they were the sons of three ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1088219/boys-deaths-highlight-problems-chinas-left-behind-children