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Inside China: Beijing’s hot Bo-tato

By Miles Yu

**FILE** Bo Xilai, then Chongqing party secretary, attends the closing session of the annual National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing on March 14, 2012. Xilai, a rising Communist Party star who fell from power last year, will go on trial Thursday on corruption charges, a court announced on Aug. 18, 2013, putting China's new leaders on course to wrap up a festering scandal as they try to cement their authority. (Associated Press)

Fallen Chinese political star to go on trial

By Gillian Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Then-Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai puts on his glasses during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China indicts ex-Communist leader Bo Xilai for corruption

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Chinese legislature was expected to expel disgraced member Bo Xilai during the ruling body’s four-day meeting starting Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Chinese activists back disgraced leader

By Gillian Wong - Associated Press

** FILE ** Then-Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai puts on his glasses during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Inside China: Bo Xilai verdict avoids the obvious

By Miles Yu

** FILE ** Bo Xilai, then the Chongqing Communist Party secretary, attends a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

China says disgraced leader Bo expelled from party

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

**FILE** Wang Lijun, then the police chief of Chongqing, China, speaks during a press conference in October 2008. (Associated Press)

Chinese cop sentenced to 15 years as scandal focus shifts to his boss

By Gillian Wong - Associated Press

**FILE** Wang Lijun, then the police chief of Chongqing, China, speaks during a press conference in October 2008. (Associated Press)

Ex-police chief in China scandal sought U.S. asylum

Associated Press

**FILE** Wang Lijun, then the police chief of Chongqing, China, speaks during a press conference in October 2008. (Associated Press)

Secret hearing for police chief in China scandal

By Gillian Wong - Associated Press

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping addresses the opening ceremony of the autumn semester of the Party School of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Xinhua)

Mystery absence of China leader fuels rumor frenzy

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

**FILE** Wang Lijun, then the police chief of Chongqing, China, speaks during a press conference in October 2008. (Associated Press)

Ex-police chief charged in China political scandal

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Gu Kailai (center), the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, stands during her trial in the Hefei Intermediate People’s Court in Hefei in eastern China’s Anhui province earlier this month. Gu was given a suspended death sentence on Monday. (Associated Press)

Chinese politician’s wife spared execution in murder

By Gillian Wong - Associated Press

**FILE** Gu Kailai (center), the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, stands during her trial Aug. 9, 2012, in the Hefei Intermediate People's Court in Hefei in eastern China's Anhui province. The fallen Chinese politician’s wife confessed to killing a British businessman. (Associated Press/CCTV via APTN)

Gu Kailai gets suspended death sentence for murder

By Gillian Wong - Associated Press

Inside China: China tries 4 police chiefs

By Miles Yu

** FILE ** Bo Xilai, then the Chongqing Communist Party secretary, attends a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

4 police officers tried in China political scandal

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

**FILE** Former Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai (right), accompanied by his wife Gu Kailai, attends a funeral for his father in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2007. (Associated Press)

China: Politician’s wife admitted murdering Brit

By Scott McDonald - Associated Press

Gu Kailai (second left), the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, is escorted into the Intermediate People’s Court in the city of Hefei on Thursday. According to testimony Thursday in the murder trial, Gu lured British businessman Neil Heywood (left) to a hotel in the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing, where she got him drunk and fed him poison. (Associated Press)

China murder case wrapped up in hours

By Gillian Wong - Associated Press

Politics rules in Chinese murder trial

By Gillian Wong - Associated Press

Chinese prosecutors have charged Gu Kailai — shown with her husband, former Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai — in the death of a British businessman who was poisoned in November, sparking a political scandal. (Associated Press)

Ousted Chinese politician’s wife, aide charged in death

By Gillian Wong and Charles Hutzler - Associated Press

China blogger seeking redress over labor camp term

By ISOLDA MORILLO and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press