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By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com
That Bo Xilai’s political life was finished was apparent even before this week’s announcement that his membership in the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and Politburo has been suspended.
What is not as well known is that the charismatic Chongqing Party secretary’s downfall has dealt a body blow to one of the most important CCP Factions: the so-called “Gang of Princelings,” or sons and daughters of Party elders and senior cadres.
Throughout his career, Bo consistently denied that either he or his lawyer wife, Gu Kailai, had made large profits from business deals.
The authorities have announced, however, that the couple is under investigation for a host of crimes, including complicity in the death of British national Neil Heywood, who was a business partner of Gu’s.
It is understood that both are also accused of corruption-related felonies.
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