A Chongqing tragedy in three acts
It's not quite literature, but some suspension of disbelief is still needed
Think of what follows as a manifestation of remaining support for Bo Xilai, material evidence that some does exist.
Each day last week, US-based Chinese political gossip site Boxun published a series of increasingly sensational rumours regarding the case now being built against Bo Xilai, ending with a list of 89 people who were meant to form post-coup China's core leadership under Bo.
Not to be outdone, Boxun competitor Duowei then published three letters addressed to Chongqing and the nation, supposedly drafted by Bo in March weeks before being suspended from his positions on the Communist Party's Central Committee and its Politburo, with the third instalment arriving October 8.