Chongqing Revisited

In the wake of the spectacular downfall of former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai and his once right-hand man Wang Lijun earlier this year, SCMP revisits the southwestern metropolis – the epicentre of the communist party’s worst scandal in more than two decades. By tracking down and interviewing various people directly involved in, and victimized by, Bo’s “singing red, striking black” campaign, SCMP correspondent Keith Zhai unlocks the secrets of a once menacing political figure and his empire.

Surviving Bo Xilai's reign of red terror

22 Dec 2012

On a two-hour flight from Beijing to Chongqing early this month, Ren Jianyu spent most of the time with his face pressed against the window, watching the clouds streak past. At one point he...

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Inside Bo Xilai's dungeon: victims reveal ruthless torture

19 Dec 2012

In the first of a four-part series, Revisiting Chongqing, we look at one of the earliest and most high-profile victims of the disgraced party chief's crackdown on so-called gangsters.

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Doubts cast on story of cash stash in Wen Qiang's fish pond

3 Jan 2013

The story of the piles of cash found buried beneath former Chongqing police chief Wen Qiang's fish pond was frequently used to justify the massive anti-triad drive led by his successor, Wang Lijun...

Trying to escape Bo Xilai's shadow: How victims still bear scars

28 Dec 2012

Despite being tortured for 37 days in a Chongqing motel room, businessman Chen Guixue remained defiant.

Mysteries surrounding Heywood murder begin to unfold

19 Dec 2012

An investigative report about China’s most infamous former police officer Wang Lijun by China’s Southern Metropolis Weekly magazine has answered some questions relating to the murder of British...

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Police chief, criminal, designer, calligrapher and fashionista - it may come as a surprise that the man who encompasses all of those things is China's most infamous former cop, Wang Lijun.

Chongqing balls wiped clean of Wang Lijun legacy

The two large balls sitting outside the Chongqing Municipal Building's Public Security Bureau once epitomised former top cop Wang Lijuan’s iron-fisted crusade against rampant crime and corruption...

Questions over fate of Bo Xilai after jailing of ex-police chief Wang Lijun

The 15-year jail sentence handed down to former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun did little to shed light on the fate of his boss, disgraced Politburo member Bo Xilai .

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The rise and fall of Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun

When Bo Xilai , the new party secretary in Chongqing , was looking for someone to head the municipality's police force and crack down on its rampant gangsters, his eyes turned to 52-year-old Wang...