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1. Business - Comment - MONITOR

   Bo Xilai story reads like a violent mafia blood feud

   Posted Jan 22nd 2013, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... of the same ground. But whereas Anderlini's The Bo Xilai Scandal: Power, Death and Politics in China begins with the poisoning of Heywood - a slightly sad Walter Mitty-like figure - in a shabby ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1133284/bo-xilai-story-reads-violent-mafia-blood-feud
2. Business - Comment - MONITOR

   China graft probe looks more like a 'petro purge' than an assault on sleaze

   Posted Sep 04th 2013, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... come to be regarded as too powerful altogether by other party bosses. With Bo now well and truly out of the way and in no position to protect his political patron in retirement, China's ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1302790/china-graft-probe-looks-more-petro-purge-assault-sleaze
3. Business - Comment - MONITOR

   China's fury at Bank of Japan 'blackmail' makes zero sense

   Posted Apr 08th 2013, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... isn't one of them. What's upset China's economic pundits is last week's announcement by new BoJ boss Haruhiko Kuroda that he intends to hit his inflation target of 2 per cent ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1209438/chinas-fury-bank-japan-blackmail-makes-zero-sense