Gu Kailai

China targets bank executives' perks in...
Twins hoist a portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung during an anti-Japan protest march in Shenzhen in September. Mao’s portraits were widely seen during demonstrations across China in an apparent display of dissatisfaction with the current Beijing leadership. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
BEIJING--China will ban executives from state-owned banks and financial companies from spending extravagantly on cars and houses, state news agency Xinhua said, in Beijing's...
China paves way for prosecuting disgraced...
Bo Xilai (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
BEIJING--China's largely rubber stamp parliament has expelled disgraced former senior politician Bo Xilai, state news agency Xinhua said on Oct. 26, paving the way for formal...
RED ARISTOCRATS (5): Questions remain over ties...
Neil Heywood’s family house in London, third from the right. (Koichiro Ishida)
Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RED ARISTOCRATS (6): French architect gets caught...
The room registered as the shared home of Gu Kailai and her business partner, French architect Patrick Devillers, was on the third floor of a three-story office building in Bournemouth, England. (Koichiro Ishida)
Editor's note: This is the sixth in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RED ARISTOCRATS (7): Role played by French...
Patrick Devillers lived in a rental house in an upscale residential area in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. (Nozomu Hayashi)
Editor's note: This is the seventh in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RED ARISTOCRATS(8): High-profile lawyer sentenced,...
Gu Kailai, right, pictured with U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy during her visit to the United States around 1997. The photo is taken from her book about winning a lawsuit in the United States. (Nozomu Hayashi)
Editor's note: This is the eighth in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RED ARISTOCRATS (9): Princelings live the high life ...
This lobster dish, served at a seafood restaurant in Boston, was a favorite of Bo Guagua. (Atsushi Okudera)
Editor's note: This is the ninth in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RED ARISTOCRATS (10): Bo Guagua's Harvard education ...
The apartment building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Bo Guagua lived while attending Harvard University (Atsushi Okudera)
Editor's note: This is the tenth in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
China punishes man for posting Bo case details
Former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun is seen in the TV screenshot on court during his trial in Chengdu, southwest Chinas Sichuan province, 24 September 2012. (AP Photo)
BEIJING -- A Chinese man has been ordered to serve seven days in detention for posting details online about the case of a former police chief that set off a political firestorm ...
RED ARISTOCRATS (10): Bo Guagua's Harvard education ...
The apartment building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Bo Guagua lived while attending Harvard University (Atsushi Okudera)
Editor's note: This is the tenth in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RED ARISTOCRATS (9): Princelings live the high life ...
This lobster dish, served at a seafood restaurant in Boston, was a favorite of Bo Guagua. (Atsushi Okudera)
Editor's note: This is the ninth in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RED ARISTOCRATS(8): High-profile lawyer sentenced,...
Gu Kailai, right, pictured with U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy during her visit to the United States around 1997. The photo is taken from her book about winning a lawsuit in the United States. (Nozomu Hayashi)
Editor's note: This is the eighth in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
China gov't expert questions Brit's cause of death
In November last year, the body of British businessman Neil Heywood was found in a cottage of a resort hotel in the Nan’an district of Chongqing, overlooking the city. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
BEIJING--A prominent Chinese government forensic scientist has questioned the cause of death of a murdered British businessman, casting doubt on the official version of a...
RED ARISTOCRATS (7): Role played by French...
Patrick Devillers lived in a rental house in an upscale residential area in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. (Nozomu Hayashi)
Editor's note: This is the seventh in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RED ARISTOCRATS (6): French architect gets caught...
The room registered as the shared home of Gu Kailai and her business partner, French architect Patrick Devillers, was on the third floor of a three-story office building in Bournemouth, England. (Koichiro Ishida)
Editor's note: This is the sixth in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
UPDATE/ China closes in on Bo Xilai after jailing...
In this Oct. 21, 2008 file photo, Chongqing city police chief Wang Lijun reacts during a press conference in the southwestern China city. (AP file photo)
BEIJING--China's ruling Communist Party took a big step towards sealing the fate of fallen politician Bo Xilai on Sept. 24, when a court jailed his former police chief for 15...
RED ARISTOCRATS (5): Questions remain over ties...
Neil Heywood’s family house in London, third from the right. (Koichiro Ishida)
Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
@LONDON: Scandal involving Bo Xilai too sensitive...
The Asahi Shimbun
I traveled to Britain in June and July to collect information for a series of articles on the power structure of the Chinese Communist Party, before the start of the London...
China implicates Bo Xilai for first time in...
Bo Xilai (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
BEIJING--China for the first time on Sept. 19 implicated former senior politician Bo Xilai in a criminal act while avoiding naming him directly in a published account by state...
Fans of ousted China politician raise trial doubts
In this Aug. 20 file video image taken from CCTV, Gu Kailai, center, the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, listens to the verdict during her trial at Hefei Intermediate People's Court in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei when she received a suspended death sentence for the murder of a British businessman. (AP Photo)
BEIJING--Left-leaning supporters of ousted Chinese leader Bo Xilai are raising questions about last month's tightly orchestrated trial that convicted his wife of murder, saying ...