Chinese Official Who Knew Too Much Disappeared in Beijing
In the latest developments in a monthlong political crisis that is laying bare the factional nature of the Chinese Communist Party’s rule, a Chinese official in Beijing is suspected of having been “disappeared” on March 7 under orders from Bo Xilai, the controversial Party secretary of Chongqing, and Wang Lijun—Bo’s former henchman, police chief, and vice mayor—has officially been branded a traitor.
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