Some Western China experts have often downplayed the possibility that former security czar Zhou Yongkang plotted with Politburo member Bo Xilai, but the mainland press is reporting just that.
The Chinese regime is spying on every Chinese citizen, including the Party’s top leaders, according to a report from the Vancouver-based Chinese news website Creaders.net, which exposes the nationwide spying program.
A top scientist who disagreed with evidence used to convict Gu Kailai for the murder of Briton Neil Heywood has resigned days before the trial of Bo Xilai, Gu’s husband.
The family of murdered British businessman Neil Heywood is seeking millions in compensation from his convicted killer Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese Politburo member Bo Xilai.
People in mainland China are very interested in finding out more about the spiritual practice of Falun Gong, more so than about any other news story. That is the conclusion suggested by a list of the 25 most visited Chinese-language wiki sites in 2012, compiled by wiki’s technical support team.
Wang Lijun, who set off a political firestorm in February after attempting to defect to the U.S. Consulate, caused the demotion of at least 5,600 policemen.
In a three sentence-long notice that was first published in English, the Chinese state mouthpiece Xinhua announced that Wang Lijun would be given 15 years in prison.
A long set of “details” about the Wang Lijun case by Chinese state media gives some indication of what may be in store for Bo Xilai, the ousted and disgraced communist official.
Prominent among Wang’s crimes was his participation in forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience, a practice the Chinese regime has denied. Earlier in his career, Wang gave a speech in which he discussed his involvement in organ harvesting.
The second and final day of the highly sensitive trial of Wang Lijun, the former police chief of Chongqing and right-hand man of disgraced Politburo member Bo Xilai, was kept under wraps.
Wang Lijun, the former Chongqing police chief who attempted to defect to a U.S. Consulate in February, will begin his trial on Tuesday for defection, bribe-taking, and abuse of power.