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Bo Xilai cross-examined Xu and denied knowledge of many of the payments. [127] Bo's trial also featured a testy exchange between Bo and his former lieutenant Wang Lijun, during which Bo claimed that his knowledge of Wang's crush on Gu was the real reason for Wang's defection to the U.S. consulate. [128]
The Chongqing gang trials (or dahei campaign) were a series of triad-busting trials in the city of Chongqing that began in October 2009 and concluded in 2011. Carried out under the auspices of municipal Communist Party chief Bo Xilai and police chief Wang Lijun, a total of 4,781 suspects were arrested, including 19 suspected crime bosses, hundreds of triad members, and a number of allegedly ...
Xu had close relationships with several high-ranking government officials and their families, especially the former Politburo member Bo Xilai. After Bo was implicated in a political scandal and fell from power in 2012, Xu was taken into custody, [2] and testified in August 2013 at the trial of Bo, [6] who was convicted and sentenced to life in ...
Gu was a schoolmate with Bo Xilai when they were students at Peking University and, according to Li Danyu, Bo's first wife, they had an affair at the time that broke Bo's first marriage. But Gu claimed that she first met Bo in 1984 on her field trip looking into environmental art in Jin County, Liaoning, where he was the Communist Party secretary.
A Communist Party report alleged in March 2012 that Bo Xilai had demoted Wang to derail a corruption investigation against Bo's family. [11] Although details are sparse, observers believe that Wang may have sought leniency with the Inspection Commission in exchange for information on corruption and embezzlement by Bo Xilai and/or his wife.
Recent years of investigations into serious violations of Party discipline and state laws by high-ranking officials, Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, Xu Caihou, Ling Jihua and Su Rong in particular, show that violations of the Party's political discipline and political rules have become a prominent problem and must be treated with the utmost importance ...
Model of social and economic policies in Chongqing, China Chongqing model Location of Chongqing Simplified Chinese 重庆模式 Traditional Chinese 重慶模式 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chóngqìng móshì The "Chongqing model" was a series of social and economic policies adopted in the Chinese megalopolis of Chongqing. It is most closely associated with Bo Xilai, who ...
The career of Bo Xilai is an illustration of how corrupt officials in China frequently gain several promotions without any apparent concern of being investigated for illegal activity. The Chinese government is strong and determined to punish corrupt activity, and the trial of Bo Xilai's case illustrates that strength and determination (Zhu, 2015).