Everything you need to know about Kailai: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kailai: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Beijing, Nov 8 (IANS) President Hu Jintao Thursday asked leading officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to exercise strict self-discipline and strengthen supervision over their families and staff.
Beijing, Nov 4 (IANS) Disgraced politician Bo Xilai's expulsion from China's top legislature was endorsed Sunday, reported Xinhua news agency.
London, Nov. 3 (ANI): British businessman Neil Heywood was murdered to prevent him from revealing an 'unspeakable' and 'complicated' secret, one of China's top forensic scientists has claimed.
China today launched a criminal investigation on Bo Xilai, a former Communist Party leader who has been accused of abuse of power, bribe-taking and violating party discipline.
Beijing, Oct 26 (IANS) Disgraced politician Bo Xilai has been expelled from China's top legislature, authorities said Friday.
Beijing, Oct. 26 (Xinhua-ANI): The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, announced Friday the termination of Bo Xilai's post as an NPC deputy.
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Beijing, Sept. 28 (Xinhua-ANI): Bo Xilai has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and removed from public office, according to a decision made at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Friday.
Beijing, Sep 28 (IANS) The Communist Party of China (CPC) Friday sacked the disgraced Bo Xilai, until recently one of its most powerful leaders.
Beijing, Sep 28 (IANS) The Communist Party of China (CPC) Friday sacked the disgraced Bo Xilai, until recently one of its most powerful leaders.
Beijing, Sep. 28 (ANI): A prominent Chinese forensic scientist has cast doubt on the official version of the death of British businessman Neil Heywood, which triggered a huge political scandal in China.
Beijing, Sep 24 (IANS) A Chinese court Monday sentenced Wang Lijun, an ex-police chief at the heart of one of China's biggest political scandals, to 15 years in prison and deprived him of his political rights for one year after finding him guilty of bending the law for selfish ends, defection, abuse of power and bribe-taking.
Beijing, Sept. 20 (ANI): China appears set to prosecute disgraced Communist Party leader Bo Xilai on criminal charges for his role in facilitating the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.
Beijing, Sept. 19 (ANI): Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai's former police chief at the heart of British businessman Neil Heywood murder scandal, stands a good chance of a comparatively light sentence, legal experts have said.
Beijing, Sept. 18 (ANI): China has wrapped up the trial of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai's former police chief at the heart of British businessman Neil Heywood murder scandal, as Wang Lijun appealed for leniency claiming he had helped 'crack' the case.
Beijing, Sep 18 (IANS) A former police chief in China faced an open trial Tuesday for graft and bending the law for selfish ends.
Beijing, Sep 18 (IANS) In one of the biggest political scandals in China, a former police chief linked to politician Bo Xilai and his convicted wife Gu Kailai stood an open trial Tuesday for bribe-taking and bending the law for selfish ends.
Beijing, Sep 15 (IANS) Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who disappeared from public view weeks before a Communist Party congress, Saturday finally made a public appearance, putting to rest wild rumours about his fate.
Beijing, Sept. 14 (ANI): Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai's former police chief will stand on trial on charges of defection and bribery next week.
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who disappeared from public view weeks before a Communist Party congress, has sent condolences over the death of an official, a media report said.
Beijing, Sept. 6 (ANI): A Chinese police chief will go on trial for allegedly covering up the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood by his boss Bo Xilai's wife, Gu Kailai.
Beijing, Aug. 21 (ANI): Gu Kailai, wife of deposed Communist Party official Bo Xilai, could be released from prison in nine years on medical parole, legal experts have said, despite being given a suspended death sentence for the murder of a British businessman Neil Heywood.
Beijing, Aug. 21 (ANI): Experts have said that Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, employed a 'lookalike' to take her place in court during her trial for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.
Beijing, Aug 20 (IANS) Bogu Kailai, wife of former Chinese politician Bo Xilai, was Monday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on charges of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood.
Beijing, Aug. 20 (ANI): Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has been given a suspended death sentence for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.
Washington, Aug 16 (ANI): Friends of Neil Heywood, the British businessman, who died in a Chongqing hotel in China by disgraced politician Bo Xilai's wife Gu Kailai, have questioned Chinese prosecutors' account of his death.
London, Aug. 12 (ANI): A bodyguard, who protected British businessman Neil Haywood during an affair with his alleged murderer Gu Kailai, the wife of ousted Chinese leader Bo Xilai, has spoken out how he fought with three Chinese assassins who had tried to kill Haywood.
London, Aug. 9 (ANI): The secret murder trial of the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has ended after just one day, but without a verdict.
London, Aug 7 (IANS) The wife of China's fallen political star Bo Xilai has confessed to killing British businessman Neil Heywood last November, a media report said Tuesday.
London, Aug 7 (ANI): The wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, Gu Kailai has confessed to killing British businessman Neil Heywood last November, a senior prosecutor on the case has confirmed.
Beijing, Aug.5 (ANI): Chinese analysts are claiming that authorities in Beijing have already decided the fate of the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, even before her trial in connection with the murder of a British businessman, has begun.
Washington, July 31 (ANI): Family associates of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai have claimed that his wife, Gu Kailai, was being treated for severe depression for several years, and are hoping that she could be given mental health evaluation before she begins her trial on charges of murdering a British businessman.
London, June 23 (ANI): Foreign Minister of Cambodia Hor Namhong has said that it will not extradite a French architect who shared links with disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, pending further investigation.
Washington, June 23 (ANI): Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has admitted to murdering British businessman Neil Heywood because he knew too much about her illegal financial dealings.
Phnom Penh, June 20 (ANI): A French architect has been arrested in Cambodia for alleged links with the scandal-hit Chinese politician Bo Xilai, the French Embassy and police has said.
Beijing, May 17 (ANI): Veteran Communist Party members have written to Chinese President Hu Jintao and asked him to sack politician Zhou Yongkang who is rumoured to be a supporter of defamed politician Bo Xilai, whose wife was implicated in the British businessman murder case.
Beijing, May 7 (ANI): Sacked Chinese politician Bo Xilai reportedly plotted three ways to kill Chengdu police chief Wang Lijun to hide the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood by his wife Gu Kailai.
Beijing, Apr 25 (ANI): Bo Xilai's wife, Gu Kailai has confessed to the police that she was present in the hotel room when British businessman Neil Heywood was poisoned.
Beijing, April 21 (IANS) Police in China's Chongqing city, a major trade hub, have promised better protection to foreigners following the murder of a British national there.
Beijing, Apr 21 (ANI): Following the murder of UK businessman, Neil Heywood, in Chongqing last November in the Bo Xilai scandal, Chinese authorities reportedly began an elaborate cover-up soon after the incident.
Beijing, Apr 19 (ANI): Chinese law enforcement authorities have detained at least 39 persons in connection with a scandal linked to disgraced communist Party leader Bo Xilai.
Beijing, April 18 (IANS) China has vowed to thoroughly investigate events related to top politician Bo Xilai, a top politician, and his wife who is being linked to the death of a British businessman.
Beijing, April 16 (IANS) The rapid development of internet has brought conveniences and efficiency to information exchanges, but has also speeded up the spread of rumours, Xinhua reported citing a Chinese daily.
London, April 15 (IANS) Accounts published on Chinese websites about a British businessman murdered in a hotel claim to expose a sex-and-money scandal behind China's biggest political crisis in a generation, the Daily Mail reported Sunday.
Beijing, Apr 15 (ANI): British businessman, Neil Heywood, 41, died from cyanide poisoning after allegedly having an affair with a lawyer, Gu Kailai, wife of Bo Xilai, one of the top Communist Party leaders of China, a Chinese website has revealed.
Beijing, April 12 (IANS) China has removed over 210,000 online posts since mid-March and shut down 42 websites in its crackdown on Internet-based rumour-mongering, a senior official said Thursday.
Beijing, April 12 (IANS) China has removed more than 210,000 online posts since mid-March and shut down 42 websites in its crackdown on Internet-based rumour-mongering, Xinhua quoted a senior official as saying Thursday.
Beijing, April 11 (IANS) A rising star of the Chinese political scene has been demoted from the country's powerful politburo after his wife was named by police as a prime suspect in the murder of a British businessman, state-run news agency Xinhua has said.
Beijing, Apr11 (ANI): Gu Kailai, the wife of Bo Xilai, one of China's most powerful Communist party leaders, has been arrested for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.
Beijing, April 11 (IANS) The wife of a suspended central committee member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has been detained in connection with last year's murder of a Briton.
