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1. A tale of two defence lawyers: similar challenges and big risks

   Posted Jul 31st 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... and 65 sentenced to death or given suspended death penalties. A pet project of the municipality's party secretary, Bo Xilai , the crackdown has earned the rising political star many brownie ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/720983/tale-two-defence-lawyers-similar-challenges-and-big-risks
2. Star power

   Posted Feb 23rd 2004, 12:00am by Annabel Egan

   ... of Communist Party elder Bo Yibo, who fought in the 1949 revolution, Bo Xilai grew up as a member of an elite circle of political 'princelings'. But his family background has not always been ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/445529/star-power
3. Reapply for your jobs, Chongqing police told amid graft crackdown

   Posted Mar 17th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... but the police officer said there was no fear of 'a management vacuum'. Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai moved to the municipality in 2007 after serving as governor of Liaoning. He put Wang ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/708812/reapply-your-jobs-chongqing-police-told-amid-graft-crackdown
4. Shipmates mourn US student killed on road

   Posted Nov 16th 2008, 12:00am by Nick Gentle

   ... Nick Gentle Kurt Leswing, the 21-year-old American student killed by a suspected drink-driver in Happy Valley on November 8, had recently begun quoting retired archbishop Desmond Tutu to anyone who cared to listen. The South African clergyman had paid a v ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/660316/shipmates-mourn-us-student-killed-road
5. Chongqing's ex-justice chief faces court

   Posted Feb 03rd 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... crime. The municipality, home to 30 million people, was plagued by organised crime for years until new Communist Party chief Bo Xilai launched a massive crackdown in June. Since the crackdown, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/705278/chongqings-ex-justice-chief-faces-court
6. Ex-security official will face slew of graft charges today in Chongqing

   Posted Feb 02nd 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... penalty in the crackdown. The municipality had been plagued by organised crime for years until new party chief Bo Xilai launched the crackdown in July. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/705188/ex-security-official-will-face-slew-graft-charges-today-chongqing
7. The 'hotpot' culture that gives Chongqing its murky image

   Posted Apr 11th 2010, 12:00am by Paul Moon, Paul Mooney

   ... word for underworld crime, black societies. Talk to the average person in Chongqing and the response is unanimous. 'Chongqing is a lot safer since Bo Xilai came,' Liu Ying, a medical ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/711145/hotpot-culture-gives-chongqing-its-murky-image
8. Chongqing execution raises political spectre

   Posted Oct 03rd 2010, 12:00am by Paul Moon, Paul Mooney

   ... torture programme that coerced suspects caught up in the campaign against 'gangsters' to confess even to crimes they may not have committed'. '[Chongqing party chief] Bo Xilai's political power is greater than that of the court,' Teng said. 'If the court has to choose between political authority and an accused person, it will choose the political ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/726429/chongqing-execution-raises-political-spectre
9. Corruption trial hears of vast wealth, bribe claims

   Posted Feb 06th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... crime for years until new Communist Party chief Bo Xilai launched a massive crackdown in June. Charges have been brought against hundreds of people, including 87 government officials, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/705598/corruption-trial-hears-vast-wealth-bribe-claims
10. Investigation questions detained judge's 'suicide'

    Posted Dec 05th 2009, 12:00am by Fiona Tam

    ... the secretive approach to prosecuting underworld activities. The report came as the overseas media was paying close attention to the relations between Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai and his predecessor, ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/700338/investigation-questions-detained-judges-suicide

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