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Bo Xilai

Chinese Communist "princeling" Bo Xilai, expected by many to take a key leadership position in the leadership transition of 2012, was expelled from the Communist Party in September after a career that saw him as Mayor of Dalian City, Minister of Commerce and Party Chief of the Chongqing municipality. His wife Gu Kailai received a suspended death sentence in August 2012 for murdering British business partner Neil Heywood.

Born

3 Jul 1949

Industry

Politics

Job Title

Former Communist Party of China party secretary of Chongqing

last updated:

7 October, 2024

Chinese Premier Li Qiang presides over a press conference after the closing ceremony of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 13, 2023. Photo: AP

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Gu Kailai

Exclusive | Ex-Bo Xilai aide jailed over murder of Neil Heywood ‘released early’

20 Jan 2018 - 11:19PM

Zhang Xiaojun at the cemetery in Beijing on Monday (left) and during his trial in 2012 in Hefei. Photos: Handout

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A file picture showing Bo Xilai in court during his corruption trial four years ago. Photo: AFP

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Huang Qifan’s major achievements in Chongqing included developing an electronics industry to cut its reliance on coal and steel,. Photo: Reuters

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‘Political survivor’ who worked under disgraced Bo Xilai named new Nanjing party boss

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Chinese court commutes death sentence for Bo Xilai’s wife, murderer Gu Kailai

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A reporter takes photos of the TV screen showing Bogu Kailai, wife of Bo Xilai, making testimony on the second day of Bo Xilai trial in Jinan, Shandong province. 23AUG13 == Photo by Simon Song ==

Jailed Chinese tycoon and ally of disgraced princeling Bo Xilai dies of heart attack

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Bo Guagua, son of jailed Chinese official Bo Xilai, appears in public at New York book signing

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Chinese government axes jailed party chief Bo Xilai’s Yangtze dam project

China's environmental protection ministry has officially overruled a controversial dam project in a critical national fish reserve on the Yangtze River, widely seen as a pet project of disgraced former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai.

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China's Supreme Court takes aim at disgraced Zhou Yongkang and Bo Xilai

The Supreme People's Court has for the first time accused disgraced top cadres Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai and others of engaging in political activities "not approved" by the Communist Party.

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Speculation is mounting that Zhou Yongkong (left) and Bo Xilai (right) had formed factions to challenge the leadership of the party. Photos: AP, AFP

Jinan party chief in corruption probe ‘had ties with Bo Xilai’: report

A Communist Party chief in eastern China under investigation for alleged corruption has close links to the jailed former government leader Bo Xilai, according to a magazine report.

3 Feb 2015 - 4:49PM

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