The Bo Xilai Scandal ePub eBook

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In order to solidify his control over Chongqing’s police and security services, including the various domestic spy agencies, Bo plucked a man he had known well in northeast China and promoted him several ranks to the head of public security in the city.

This man was Wang Lijun, an ethnic Mongolian and a decorated police officer with a reputation for battling violent mafia gangs in China’s famously lawless northeast. With his rimless glasses and penchant for finely tailored suits, most people thought Wang was a professor or a doctor when they first met him.

Although he did not have much education beyond his time at police college, Wang was obsessed with learning and culture. On his business cards he listed nearly a dozen academic ...