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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.
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...
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 ...
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 – 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...
November 15, 1958, Beijing. 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. Both Bo and Gu came from prominent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) families and ...
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.
Aug 8, 2012 · Charismatic politician Bo Xilai promoted Chinese communist culture. His populist policies were seen to challenge a faction of the Party
Aug 22, 2013 · The corruption trial of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai on Thursday marks the Communist Party's efforts to wrap up its messiest scandal in decades.
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,...