世界媒体看中国：薄案再起波澜

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VOA Chinese, June 20, 2012.
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 120620/1216222.html

Note: The report cites
(a) Keith Bradsher, Frenchman Is Arrested In Cambodia In China Case. New York Ties, June 20, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/2 ... i-inquiry.html?_r=1
("a development that could trigger further diplomatic friction in a domestic Chinese political dispute that has already embroiled the United States and Britain")

See also
Keith bradsher, Tracking Hidden Frenchman In China’s Political Drama. New York Times, May 17, 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/1 ... nd-in-cambodia.html
(b) keith Richburg, Risks Over Bo Xilai Case Could Prompt China to Seek Low-Profile resolution. Washington Post, June 15, 2012.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wo ... QAdJHmeV_story.html

Quote:

"n the past, the party has typically used corruption cases to bring down some powerful and prominent officials, including former Beijing mayor Chen Xitong, who lost out in a power struggle and was jailed on embezzlement charges in 1995, and former Shanghai mayor Chen Liangyu, who was fired in 2006 and sentenced to prison two years later after being convicted of misusing local pension funds. Chen Liangyu is thought to have fallen afoul of President Hu Jintao.

"But the behavior of Bo Xilai — and his family — was quite typical for a high-ranking member of the ruling party’s Politburo, analysts and others said. And prosecuting Bo on corruption charges would only expose the depth of the problem and the flaws in the party’s self-policing system.

* I introduced this report in my posting dated June 16, 2012 and titled "Bo Xilai."