Bo Xilai

Bo Xilai expelled from Communist Party of China, will face charges, Chinese state media says

News Desk — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:42:00 +0000

Bo, the former Communist Party leader in Chongqing, was once seen as a rising star in the murky world of Chinese politics.

Chatter: Wang Lijun jailed over Bo Xilai scandal

Jessica Phelan — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:37:00 +0000

China's most famous whistleblower gets 15 years in prison, thousands of workers riot at a Foxconn plant, and what we learned from the 2012 Emmy Awards.

Wang Lijun trial begins in Chengdu

Faine Greenwood — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:16:00 +0000

Controversial Chinese police chief Wang Lijun's Chengdu secret trial has begun, reports the BBC, as the political fallout of the Bo Xilai scandal contineus to settle.

What future for Bo Xilai, after Gu Kailai trial?

Cain Nunns — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:04:45 +0000

TAIPEI — China’s most politically gripping trial in decades lasted just seven hours last Thursday — a brevity intended to minimize damage to the shroud of secrecy under which the country’s political elite operate. Instead, it raised more questions than it answered, particularly about the political future of one of modern China’s most politically ambitious figures, Bo Xilai.

China: Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai's wife, charged in killing of Neil Heywood

News Desk — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Neil Heywood was found dead last November in a hotel room in Chongqing, where Bo Xilai was regional head of the Communist Party.

Actress Zhang Ziyi denies claims she slept with Bo Xilai and other Chinese politicians

News Desk — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:29:00 +0000

Zhang Ziyi, who starred in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," has threatened to sue over claims she slept with a string of powerful Chinese Communist leaders.

Bo Guagua letter to Harvard Crimson defends lifestyle

News Desk — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:33:00 +0000

In an open letter to the Harvard Crimson, Bo Guagua denied he was a bad student, and explained how his top-drawer education at Harrow School, Oxford and Harvard University had been funded.