Topic: Neil Heywood
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Bo Xilai did 'massive harm' to China's Communist Party, say officials (+video)
Bo Xilai, the disgraced Chinese politician facing prison time in a scandal involving the murder of a British businessman, has been expelled from the Communist Party, which is undergoing a once-in-a-decade generational transition of power.
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China's leadership shakeup: What's next for Bo Xilai and the Communist Party (+video)
A government meeting today answered two anticipated political questions: How the controversial Bo would be treated, and when the party would be ready to unveil its new leaders.
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Before China's transfer of power, a would-be defector gets a 15-year sentence (+video)
Wang Lijun, the Chinese police chief whose thwarted defection exposed the murder of a British businessman and a turf war between top Communist Party officials, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday.
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Bo Xilai case: Police chief Wang Lijun gets 15 years, avoids death penalty (+video)
The relatively light sentence for the former police chief, whose visit to a US consulate in February triggered the downfall of one of China’s highest political leaders, was handed down on Monday.
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China police chief sought asylum in US, says Chinese media
Wang Lijun, a former police chief now implicated in a scandal involving the poisoning of a British businessman, fled to a nearby US Consulate to request asylum, according to Chinese state media.
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A Chinese police chief faces secret trial (+video)
Former police chief Wang Lijun once made a name for himself arresting gangsters and politicians. Now he is in the hands of the secretive justice system he once wielded against others.
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Where is China's Vice President Xi Jinping? (+video)
The strange disappearance from public view of China's heir apparent Vice President Xi Jinping has puzzled observers.
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Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai's wife, gets suspended death sentence for British businessman's murder (+video)
Gu Kailai will likely face life in prison for her role in the death last year of Neil Haywood. Gu Kailai admitted to poisoning the British businessman.
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4 Chinese police officers on trial for helping Bo Xilai's wife
One day after Gu Kailai did not contest murder charges against her, a quartet of senior police officers are facing charges of assisting Gu to cover up the homicide.
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Scandal in China: Bo Xilai's wife does not contest murder charge
The trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of a Communist Party elite, is the most sensational since the conviction of the Gang of Four more than 30 years ago for crimes during the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution in China.
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Wife of China's Bo Xilai goes on trial next week
Gu Kailai is facing murder charges in the death of British businessman Neil Haywood last year.
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