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EXPLAINED: Bo xilai - The Real Truth

How I (nearly) became a Chinese intelligence asset

IN FOCUS: Finding yourself a close friend of the Beijing spying machine is a lot easier than you might think, says Jonathan Margolis, especially if, like me, you’ve chalked up 27 trips to the country as a small-fry business consultant…

The Independent UK

Xi Jinping is in a race against time to secure his legacy in China

The Chinese military parade that had the world talking last week was more than just pageantry. It was a declaration that Chinese leader Xi Jinping sees himself in a race against time to secure his place in history.

The Conversation

China cracks down on Communist party officials for reading banned books

Hillary Clinton and Hannah Arendt thought to be among authors of books procured by officials, as Xi Jinping tightens grip on Communist party

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Former Official Linked to Bo Xilai Pleads Guilty to Taking $7.6 Million in Bribes

Xu Ming is the first high ranking ‘tiger’ to stand trial for corruption in 2023

Caixin Global

As Xi Jinping made a bid for power, his charismatic rival Bo Xilai loomed. Then came a murder in a hotel room

As Neil Heywood lay dying from cyanide poisoning, he could not have known the plot to kill him would shake the Chinese Communist Party to its core and dramatically alter the rule of Xi Jinping.

ABC News

Xi ‘firmly in charge’ as rivals fall in China anti-graft campaign

Chinese president heads into five-yearly party congress after a string of senior politicians convicted for corruption.

Al Jazeera

Observer: No matter who climbs Beijing's ranks, Xi rules

For decades, Chinese journalist Ho Pin has made accurate predictions about who would ascend into the ranks of China's leadership

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Xi Jinping by Stefan Aust and Adrian Geiges; China After Mao by Frank Dikötter review – power and how to keep it

China’s president is shoring up his authority but, as Dikötter’s weighty study of the country indicates, he might have less of it than he thinks

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