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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.
Oct 18, 2022 · Bo Xilai was tall, handsome and charismatic. A rising star of the party, he was widely tipped to be given one of the coveted seats of the Politburo Standing Committee.
Sep 21, 2013 · Beijing CNN —. 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 ...
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...
May 6, 2024 · They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai (respectively, born July 3, 1949, Dingxiang county, Shanxi province, China; born November 15, 1958, Beijing) are a Chinese politician and lawyer who were at the center of one of China’s greatest political scandals.
Aug 8, 2012 · In a country where the image of Mao Zedong is still revered and taxi drivers hang Mao medallions from their rear-view mirrors almost like lucky talismans, Bo Xilai’s “red culture” revival ...
Sep 22, 2013 · BEIJING – A Chinese court has found former Communist Party boss, Bo Xilai, guilty of all charges of corruption, taking bribes and abuse of power, sentencing the disgraced former official 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 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.
Sep 22, 2013 · Communist Party politician Bo Xilai has been sentenced to life in prison by a Chinese court following a scandal that culminated in one of the country's highest-profile trials in decades.
