Bo Xilai

China: US entrepreneur accused of being a ruthless mafia boss

When more than 500 policemen swooped in to arrest 40 suspected gangsters in southern China last year, the alleged kingpin was a Los Angeles businessman who had hoisted an American flag amid a crowd to welcome Xi Jinping, now China's president, to California.

Bo Xilai calls life sentence unjust, unfair

Bo, 64, erupted in anger after the judge in Jinan Intermediate People's Court yesterday sentenced him for corruption and abuse of power.

Bo Xilai gets life sentence for corruption

A Chinese court has convicted fallen politician Bo Xilai of corruption and sentenced him to life in prison, capping one of the country's most lurid political scandals in decades.

Chinese court to deliver verdict on Bo Xilai on Sunday

The former Politburo member and Chongqing city party leader vigorously defended himself during his trial last month in the eastern city of Jinan, acknowledging mistakes in his leadership but admitting no guilt in the charges against him.

In push for reforms, China probes top official

A brief government announcement said Jiang Jiemin was "suspected of serious discipline violations", shorthand the government generally uses to describe graft.

China: Openness in Bo trial ended when he accused party leadership

As a Chinese court poured out details from disgraced politician Bo Xilai's trial, it released two transcripts that accidentally revealed the limits of China's rare display of judicial openness.

Even as former official testifies against Bo, he denies bribery, embezzlement

Prosecutors accused Bo of accepting bribes worth about USD four million from businessmen Tang Xiaolin and Xu Ming and embezzlement of funds from the Dalian municipal government.

Disgraced Chinese leader Bo's trial continues for second day

Disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai's trial for corruption and abuse of power continued for the second day on Friday at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in China's eastern Shandong Province.

Bo Xilai distances himself from wife over bribery allegations

The trial of China's disgraced Communist leader Bo Xilai took an intriguing turn on the first day as he distanced himself from his wife when it was alleged that she and their son were beneficiaries of corruption and abuse of power

Trial against ousted politician Bo Xilai begins in China

The long-awaited trial of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai opened on Thursday, said a court in eastern China, beginning the final, dramatic chapter of the country's most politically charged case in more than three decades.