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The Bo Xilai Scandal ePub eBook
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The Bo Xilai Scandal ePub eBook

by FT reporters reporters
February 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
95 pages
1h 34m
English
FT Publishing International
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The old Harrovian and the red aristocrat

People who regularly met the chain-smoking Heywood say he resembled the American actor Steve Martin. He was often seen wearing a white linen jacket and driving his silver S-type Jaguar with the licence plate “N007W3”.

At the time of his death, he was consulting for the company that owns the Beijing dealership of Aston Martin, the car driven by James Bond, and living in a leafy gated community favoured by expatriates called Le Leman Lake, on the outskirts of Beijing. His annual income was a comfortable Rmb1.2m ($189,000) and his two children, George, 7, and Olivia, 11, attended the nearby private Dulwich College international school.

“He talked about the Bo family and his connection with them a fair bit,” ...

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