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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. From 2004 to November 2007, he served as Minister of Commerce.
Nov 11, 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...
Sep 22, 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 ...
Sep 21, 2013 · A court in eastern China sentenced Bo Xilai – the former rising star of the ruling Communist Party who fell from power amid a scandal involving murder, betrayal and financial skullduggery – to...
Oct 18, 2022 · Bo Xilai was considered a rising star of the Chinese Communist Party — until his wife was accused of murder. (Reuters: Jason Lee)
Both Bo and Gu came from prominent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) families and thus were part of the generation of “princelings” who had succeeded their parents as China’s elite. Bo’s father was Bo Yibo, one of the “Eight Immortals” who oversaw China’s reform and modernization efforts….
The fall of Bo Xilai, once a rising star in Chinese politics, has plunged the country into its biggest crisis since Tiananmen Square.
Sep 22, 2013 · A Chinese court has found disgraced former top politician Bo Xilai guilty of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. The former party chief of Chongqing was sentenced to life imprisonment,...
Aug 8, 2012 · Bo’s red-tinged economic policies – which have included millions spent on social housing – may have garnered him a rock star status in Chongqing, but almost 1,000 miles from the Yangtze ...
Sep 22, 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.
