HIS WIFE just received a suspended death sentence for the murder of Neil Haywood, so what does anyone expect? Bo Xilai was a threat to powers who wanted him out and he handed his enemies the dagger to do him in. Having followed this international murder mystery and corruption drama play out across the international [...]
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News Desk: China’s President-in-Waiting Still Missing from Public View
China is the world’s second biggest economy, its rising superpower, and is on the cusp of a once-in-a-decade leadership change, but the man expected to take over at the head of the Communist Party has vanished from view, and we don’t know why. [BBC] CHINA’S VICE PRESIDENT Xi Jinping has not been seen in public [...]
Gu Kailai Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Murdering Neil Heywood
FROM REUTERS: China sentenced the wife of fallen Politburo member Bo Xilai to death on Monday but suspended her execution, setting the stage for a possible final purge of Bo himself in a scandal that has shaken Beijing ahead of a leadership transition. The sentence means Gu Kailai is likely to face life in jail [...]
‘Kennedys of China’ Engulfed in Money Murder Mystery and Political Scandal
We can marvel over Bo’s downfall. We can go on about how China’s leadership refuses to countenance rising political stars who challenge its clubby world. We can engage in whodunit fantasies about the wife and the dead businessman. But more than anything, this tale shows how an antiquated political system imperils a nation’s future. – [...]
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