USA Today
| 8 months ago
Former Mafia-busting police chief Wang Lijun faces 15 years behind bars after the second major criminal case in China's biggest political scandal in years concluded today. But the guilty verdict left the public and analysts guessing if the scandal's...
Zee News
| 8 months ago
Decks have been cleared for the trial of disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai, as his former police chief was Monday sentenced to 15 years in jail for attempting to defect to the US and other crimes, ahead of a generational power transfer in the ruling...
Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
Police chief Wang Lijun gets 15 years, avoids death penalty 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...
The Globe & Mail
| 8 months ago
Gu Kailai, wife of deposed Chinese political leader Bo Xilai, was investigated on suspicion of murdering a former family friend. video AP Video Trade Mr. Wang upended a painstakingly set table when he walked into a United States consulate in...
Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
The British businessman was said to have been the lover of Gu Kailai, wife of ousted politician Bo Xilai. He died in November 2011 after Gu poisoned him with cyanide in a hotel room after he demanded her son, Bo Guagua pay him 13million or he would '...
Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
China's ruling Communist Party took a big step towards sealing the fate of fallen politician Bo Xilai on Monday, when a court jailed his former police chief for 15 years over charges that indicated Bo tried to derail a murder inquiry. The...
Asia Times Online
| 8 months ago
When Wang Lijun, former right-hand man of fallen Chongqing Communist Party boss Bo Xilai, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday morning in the southwestern city of Chengdu, you could almost hear party insiders clucking their approval as their...
SF Gate
| 8 months ago
China (AP) China has nearly mopped up a murder scandal that has roiled the country for months, but the last step dealing with a fallen political star who was once among the Communist Party 's most popular figures will be the most delicate of all. Bo...
The independent
| 8 months ago
News in pictures From the blogs The challenge of researching a so-called feral child case is that it's quite likely a hoax...There we were, lapping up the September sun and enjoying an alfresco lunch in the country when Matil... As Radio 1 premieres...