The Mar 14 Armed Standoff at Zhongnanhai + Boxun

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(1) Zhang Fei, Armed Standoff Between Wen Jiabao's and Zhou Yongkang's Troops Over Bo Xilai's Subordinate. Strategy Page, Apr 23, 2012 (blog).
http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/69-32111.aspx

Note:
(a) The link leads to
Chosun Ilbo, Apr 21, 2012 (Korean-language).
http://news.chosun.com/site/data ... /2012042100174.html
(b) The report is not published in the English-language website of the newspaper.

(2) Richard McGregor and Kathrin Hille, Censors Hobbled by Site Outside Great Firewall; China politics; Boxun has become a must-read for people following Bo Xilai case. Financial Times, Apr 23, 2012.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb5503 ... 8-00144feab49a.html

Quote:

(a) "In the current political upheaval in China, however, some contributors to Mr [founder Watson] Meng’s site, could be more than citizen journalists. Some have speculated that his site is now being used by people who wanted to engineer the downfall of Mr Bo.

“'Much of the information must have come from party cadres pushing their faction’s agenda,' says an executive at a state enterprise in Chongqing.

"In the past, Boxun was mainly seen as a receptacle for wild rumors. In recent weeks, however, it has been surprisingly accurate in predicting many of the developments in the Bo case

(b) "Most of the information that Boxun has received since then [when Wang Lijun's flight into US consulate] has been anonymous.

"But Mr Meng says one particular source has been consistently accurate, so that he feels comfortable running the reports.

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