Neil Haywood
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Bo Xilai: Inside the Scandal
The Chongqing Model The Fall of Bo Xilai Trial of Bo Xilai’s Aide Begins in PRC [Wall Street Journal]
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Trial of Bo Xilai’s Aide Begins in the People’s Republic of China
Wang Lijun’s trial begins in Chengdu in what is perhaps the denouement of the Bo Xilai drama that has captivated China and the world since revelations that Bo’s wife Gu Kailai poisoned British national Charles Heywood. The trial is focusing on charges of corruption among others, the gravest penalty for which could be the death […]
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The Chongqing Model: After Bo Xilai, the Mega-City Moves Forward
The Bo Xilai case has brought to the forefront China’s unique model of economic development; namely, the political scandal has exposed to the world the very different philosophical strains driving Chinese politics, a stark contrast to the heretofore monolithic image the Chinese Communist Party has managed to present thus far. State-directed development influenced by socialist […]
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The Fall of Bo Xilai: Scandal in the People’s Republic of China Hints at Internal Power Struggle in the Politburo
The voice of the Communist Party of China has come through loud and clear in the Bo Xilai case: Bo is stripped of all titles and factional battles are alive and well within the Chinese Politburo. PRC internet sources are alive with rumors regarding the most public downfall of a powerful Chinese politician in recent […]
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