From New Left Project
"At midnight on 10 April, China Central Television led its late night news bulletin with the news that Bo Xilai, former Communist Party head of Chongqing municipality and once a candidate for the Politburo’s highest ranks was under investigation for “serious indiscipline”. His wife, prominent lawyer Gu Kailai, was under investigation for nothing less than the murder of Neil Heywood, a British businessman with links to the family. The news was more shocking than surprising. Bo had already been relieved of his post in Chongqing in March. Still, it was the end of an era – or perhaps the end of a revival of another era."
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