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1. News - China - CRIME

   Bo Xilai punched me on the ear, former aide Wang Lijun tells his trial

   Posted Aug 25th 2013, 12:00am by Keith Zhai

   ... wife's link to killing Bo 'punched police chief on ear' The trial of Bo Xilai took a dramatic turn yesterday as his former top aide told the court how the disgraced Chongqing party chief punched him when confronted with his wife's involvement in a murder. Wang Lijun delivered his gripping account seated just a few metres from Bo - their first face-to-face encounter ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1299259/bo-xilai-punched-me-ear-former-aide-wang-lijun-tells-his-trial
2. News - China

   Chinese media calls court case a landmark

   Posted Aug 25th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... of sensitive cases." It described the Weibo postings as a "live feed" and said it "served as an important guarantee of a fair trial for Bo in accordance with the law". ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1299252/chinese-media-calls-court-case-landmark
3. News - China

   Bo Xilai supporters demonstrate in Shandong on eve of trial

   Posted Aug 21st 2013, 04:16pm by Reuters

   ... of the main gate of the courthouse. The protesters, who came from all over the country, held signs that said: “We’re watching the Bo trial to see if it’s fair and just.” “When comrade Bo Xilai was put ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1298333/bo-xilai-supporters-demonstrate-shandong-eve-trial
4. News - China - CRIME

   Bo Xilai calls Gu Kailai ‘insane’ after she testifies against him

   Posted Aug 23rd 2013, 07:36pm by Keith Zhai

   ... against Bo - yesterday afternoon. Gu Kailai, looking thin but calm in an 11-minute video clip, said her husband knew about the roughly 16 million yuan (HK$20 million) villa in Cannes. He was also ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1298968/bo-xilai-calls-gu-kailai-mad-after-she-testifies-against-him
5. News - China

   Diehard supporters make their presence felt outside court

   Posted Aug 23rd 2013, 12:00am by Keith Zhai, JOANNA CHIU

   ... Xilai's policy of bringing wealth to all "Many people have tried to come from all over China today to support Bo Xilai's policy of bringing wealth to all," said one supporter from ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1298739/bo-xilai-supporters-make-their-presence-felt-outside-jinan-court
6. News - China

   Bo Xilai's trial shows greed, machinations of China’s elite

   Posted Aug 24th 2013, 09:00am by Associated Press in Jinan

   ... a China expert at the University of Nottingham. “It just makes the leadership look better that Bo Xilai had a ‘fair’ trial.” Courtroom revelations by the prosecution have laid bare the way ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1299127/bo-xilais-trial-shows-greed-machinations-chinas-elite
7. News - China - Bo Xilai

   Timeline: Key dates in the downfall of Bo Xilai

   Posted Aug 22nd 2013, 12:25pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... is expelled from the party and will “face justice”. OCTOBER - 26: Bo Xilai is expelled from China’s parliament, removing his immunity from prosecution. JULY 2013 - 25: Prosecutors charge Bo ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1298547/timeline-key-dates-downfall-bo-xilai
8. News - China

   Chongqing people doubt charges of abuse, graft

   Posted Aug 25th 2013, 12:00am by Raymond Li

   ... such as Yang Jian, a retiree in her 50s, remained unconvinced by the evidence presented in court and have been inspired by Bo's spirited defence. Yang said nothing she had seen during her frequent ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1299255/chongqing-people-doubt-charges-abuse-graft
9. Comment - Insight & Opinion - MY TAKE

   No Darkness at Noon in Jinan

   Posted Aug 24th 2013, 12:00am by Alex Lo

   ... the French Revolution. No such confessions came from Madame Mao; or from Bo today. Chinese show trials follow a different script. Like Jiang Qing, a defiant Bo lashed out at his accusers, including ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1299043/no-darkness-noon-jinan
10. News - China

    Bo Xilai trial is a public show but within bounds, analysts say

    Posted Aug 24th 2013, 12:00am by Cary Huang

    ... Cary Huang cary.huang@scmp.com A public show - within bounds The unusual decision to run an official live blog of Bo Xilai's trial has given the former Chongqing party boss the chance to mount his feisty defence in public - but analysts believe Bo is defending himself within limits agreed by the authorities. The Communist Party is also using the blog and Bo's defence ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1299103/bo-xilai-trial-public-show-within-bounds-analysts-say

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