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John Garnaut and Philip Wen, Chinese Businessman Held on Brink of Mafia Expose. Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 8, 2012 (available now; since two hours ago).
http://www.smh.com.au/world/chin ... 20120307-1ukx2.html

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(a) Four consecutive paragraphs:

"Yesterday morning, the Chongqing property developer Zhang Mingyu hinted on his microblog that he had new information to help outsiders understand 'the jigsaw puzzle around Wang Lijun.' Earlier he had blogged that a senior Chongqing official committed suicide on Saturday in his luxury leadership compound.

"The official was a close associate of Weng Zhenjie, a local businessman and official who Mr Zhang and some other Chongqing entrepreneurs have publicly labelled as the true godfather of the city mafia, although he was not one of 4500 residents detained in the anti-mafia campaign.

"Mr Weng was a frequent social partner of many senior Chongqing officials, including the mayor, Mr Huang.

"Yesterday afternoon, however, Chongqing police broke through the front door of Mr Zhang's Beijing apartment [Zhang being a Chongqing delegate of the People's Congress in Beijing] before he could detail further allegations, said Mr Zhang's lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang.

(b) Two consecutive paragraphs:

"Numerous theories have circulated about why parts of the central party apparatus began an investigation into Mr Wang's business dealings, inevitably destabilising Mr Bo.

"One of Mr Bo's opponents confidently asserted that the anointed future president, Xi Jinping, had deliberately moved to scuttle Mr Bo's promotion chances.