China police interrogate party members over letter

Source: Times Live South Africa

The 16 retired officials from Yunnan province in southwest China called last week for the removal of Zhou Yongkang over his ties with ousted party leader Bo Xilai, in a rare open letter posted on the Internet. Zhou, ranked ninth in the ...
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PLA general Liu Yuan part of Bo Xilai coup plot: Open Magazine｜Politics｜News｜WantChinaTimes.com

Source: Maoxian

Liu Yuan is the son of Liu Shaoqi, the Chinese head of state who was hounded to death during the Cultural Revolution. (Photo/CNS) PLA general Liu Yuan plotted with fallen Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai and other arm ...
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Chinese Tycoon Sees Deals Beyond AMC

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Laurie Burkitt BEIJING—Fresh off what promises to be the biggest-ever purchase of a U.S. company by a Chinese buyer, property and entertainment tycoon Wang Jianlin plans to make similarly ambitious moves in ...
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Villagers Rallying to Defense of Friend Are Persecuted by Party

Source: The Epoch Times

More than 300 families of Fuzhenzhou village, Botou City, have signed a petition requesting the release of Wang Xiaodon, a Falun Gong practitioner. This is the first page of the petition. (Web Image) It was an unusually brave and selfless act for mo ...
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Mysterious Inquiry About a Blood Sample

Source: The New York Times

A prominent American forensic scientist, Henry C. Lee, said Wednesday in a telephone interview that he was contacted in February by a police detective from the Chinese city of Chongqing who wanted Dr. Lee’s laboratory to analyze a blood sample from someo ...
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Chinese Official Position Sold for 300,000 Yuan

Source: The Epoch Times

Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the of Communist Party. (Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images) Following the recent ousting and disgrace of Chinese official Bo Xilai, public and media attention quickly shifted to ...
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Top China Stories from WSJ: Lenovo’s Gains, Sea Tensions, Macy’s Makes a Move

Source: Wall Street Journal

China’s defense industry is working hard to become capable of mass producing Chinese-made military jet engines in order to end dependence on Russia. But how soon is China’s domestic jet engine effort likely to achieve l ...
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China’s economic crisis

Source: The Washington Post

There has been much speculation about power struggles in China in the wake of the ouster of Bo Xilai , the powerful Communist Party boss of Chongqing who used populism, money and intrigue to rise to the top. H ...
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New guidelines issued on deaths of Britons abroad

Source: The Scotsman

New guidelines have been issued to British diplomats in the wake of the mysterious death of businessman Neil Heywood in China, Foreign Secretary William Hague said yesterday. Mr Hague said the guidance should ens ...
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There's A New Rumor About The Type Of Car Bo Xilai's 'Playboy' Son Drives

Source: The Business Insider

Well, according to the New York Times' Nick Kristof, currently in Harvard for "overseer meetings", we're barking up the wrong tree. The question isn't what car the younger car drives, but what car he is driven in. Spotted Bo Guagua, son ...
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