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Biografia. Bo Xilai è il quarto figlio dell'ex leader del Partito Comunista Cinese Bo Yibo, che fu ministro delle Finanze nei primi anni della Repubblica Popolare Cinese. Nel 1965, per aver sostenuto relazioni commerciali più aperte con l'Occidente, perse ogni ruolo nel governo e nel partito.
Bo Xilai (Chinese: 薄熙来; pinyin: Bó Xīlái; born 3 July 1949) is a Chinese former politician who was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges. He came to prominence through his tenures as Mayor of Dalian and then the governor of Liaoning .
- Li Wangzhi, Bo Guagua
- Zhang Dejiang
- Chinese Communist Party (1980–2012; expelled)
11 nov 2013 · Bo Xilai, the former Communist Party chief in Chongqing, was once seen as a high-flyer tipped for top office. But he has been expelled from the Communist Party, parliament and is to face...
- Two Princelings Work Their Way Up Through The Ranks
- The Scandal That Sealed Bo Xilai's Fate
- Murder in The Lucky Holiday Hotel
- A Business Deal Gone Wrong, Paranoia, Or A Foiled Spy Plot?
- Bo's Downfall Allows For Xi's Rise
On paper, Xi Jinping and Bo Xilai followed remarkably similar trajectories, as part of the generation of 'princelings' primed to inherit their parents' status and political power. Sons of elite figures who were Communist heroes of the civil war, they grew up as the People's Republic of China was just beginning. Bo's father, Bo Yibo, and Xi's father...
By 2011, Bo Xilai had been climbing the political ranks for several years. After Dailan, he served as governor and then minister of commerce, before finally landing a coveted position in the Politburo — the decision-making body of the CCP. Things were heating up a year out from the 18th National Congress, where the future party leader would be anno...
After Wang's extraordinary plea for asylum, the rumour mill kicked into overdrive. A tape emerged suggesting that the police chief had fallen out with his boss over an investigation into the Bo family. British authorities demanded that China re-examine the strange death of Neil Heywood, who they were initially told had succumbed to alcohol poisonin...
Over the years, there have been varying theories as to what Gu Kailai's motivations may have been for arranging and carrying out Neil Heywood's murder. Prosecutors told the court the relationship had soured over a failed business deal, with Heywood demanding millions of dollars from the Bo family to recoup money he expected to make in a real estate...
With mounting allegations of corruption, bribery and even an extensive wire-tapping network used to spy on top Chinese officials, Bo's days in the party were numbered. "The wire-tapping was seen as a direct challenge to central authorities. It revealed to them just how far Bo … was prepared to go in his efforts to grasp greater power in China," wro...
22 set 2013 · BEIJING — Bo Xilai, the pugnacious Chinese politician whose downfall shook the Communist Party, was sentenced to life in prison on Sunday after a court found him guilty of bribetaking,...
22 set 2013 · Bo Xilai was one of the Communist Party's top leaders before he was felled by one of the biggest scandals to rock China in years. Bo, 64, was the party chief of Chongqing in south-western China...
22 set 2013 · JINAN, China (AP) — A court sentenced Bo Xilai to life in prison for corruption Sunday, burying the career of one of China's most up-and-coming politicians and lowering the curtain on a scandal that exposed a murder and illicit enrichment among the country's elite.
