Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com The Bo Xilai bombshell has not only shattered the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) façade of unity but also exposed serious problems in the system due to the two decades-long moratorium on political reform. Rumors are circulating in Chinese Cyberspace that Bo, the charismatic Party Secretary of Chongqing who […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com President Hu Jintao has taken advantage of the political woes hitting Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai to put more pressure on the Gang of Princelings, which includes many of the supremo’s rivals. The political fortunes of Bo, 62, arguably China’s most charismatic politician, have nosedived since his key […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Internecine bickering in elite Chinese politics, while full of skullduggery and back-stabbing, is often wrapped in secrecy. But no longer. As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) gets ready for a once-in-a-decade generational change at its 18th Congress this October, the bloody swordplay has spilled into the open. The […]