China's Bo Xilai 'expelled from party to face charges'

Source: BBC

Top Chinese politician Bo Xilai is to be expelled from the Communist Party and will face prosecution, state media have said.

Mr Bo was the former Communist Party leader in the city of Chongqing.

His wife, Gu Kailai, was convicted in August of killing UK national Neil Heywood and given a suspended death sentence.

Mr Bo has not been seen in public since the scandal erupted and was said to be under investigation.

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China's Bo Xilai 'expelled from party to face charges' (Original post)	Bosonic	Sep 2012	OP
Which means a few years' confinement	jsr	Sep 2012	#1
If he lives that long. This is a huge loss of face and public embarassment	Suji to Seoul	Sep 2012	#2
It's impossible to tell in China where the truth lies. I suspect in this case that...	Locut0s	Sep 2012	#3
In China, truth is public perception. If you are perceived poorly, nothing you do will	Suji to Seoul	Sep 2012	#5
They don't even have to serve, they can have a friend do the time.	wutang77	Sep 2012	#4

Response to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 10:50 AM

jsr (3,497 posts)

1. Which means a few years' confinement

in a special prison for the elite, just like his wife, while their son is watching their money in the offshore accounts.

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Fri Sep 28, 2012, 11:28 AM

Suji to Seoul (1,921 posts)

2. If he lives that long. This is a huge loss of face and public embarassment

He might do the world a favor and save the Chinese government the money to try him by jumping off a bridge. Most common form of suicide in China.

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Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:46 PM

Locut0s (1,927 posts)

3. It's impossible to tell in China where the truth lies. I suspect in this case that...

Much of what China is saying in this case IS the truth, or at least close to it. But we will never know for sure. Bo's fate was sealed the moment his wife was indited in this. In the west it would be the end of his political career as well, that's for sure. In China it could be the end of his life. And like I said, where the truth REALLY lies in all this, no one will ever know.

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Response to Locut0s (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 10:30 PM

Suji to Seoul (1,921 posts)

5. In China, truth is public perception. If you are perceived poorly, nothing you do will

change that idea. Bo is done. He will never be the same. Bo will take his own life when the "friends" he had abandon him.

China's Bo Xilai 'expelled from party to face charges'

1. Which means a few years' confinement

2. If he lives that long. This is a huge loss of face and public embarassment

3. It's impossible to tell in China where the truth lies. I suspect in this case that...

5. In China, truth is public perception. If you are perceived poorly, nothing you do will

4. They don't even have to serve, they can have a friend do the time.