RISE AND FALL

Only more digging will bring us closer to truth...
Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks during a session of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party held in Beijing on Nov. 8. (Teruo Kashiyama)
An afterword from Nobuyoshi Sakajiri, chief of The Asahi Shimbun's Chinese General Bureau:
Only more digging will bring us closer to truth...
Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks during a session of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party held in Beijing on Nov. 8. (Teruo Kashiyama)
An afterword from Nobuyoshi Sakajiri, chief of The Asahi Shimbun's Chinese General Bureau:
RISE AND FALL: After emergency phone, the end was...
Bo Xilai at a Nov. 28, 2011, appearance at which he insisted everything was fine. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Editor's note: This is the final installment of a series on Bo Xilai, who was dismissed this spring as secretary of the Chongqing municipal Communist Party committee.
RISE AND FALL: Wiretapping allegations stirred...
Chinese President Hu Jintao, front, and Vice President Xi Jinping, back, arrive at a conference to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Youth League at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 4. (AP Photo)
Editor's note: This is the 20th of a series on Bo Xilai, who was dismissed this spring as secretary of the Chongqing municipal Communist Party committee.
RISE AND FALL: Bo sacked close aide over probe into ...
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. The wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, Gu Kailai, and a family aide have been charged with murdering Heywood. (Nozomu Hayashi)
Editor's note: This is the 18th of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL: Conspicuous no-shows at pro-Mao...
In April last year, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center left, invited Wu Kangmin, center right, to Beijing. While talking with the senior Hong Kong politician, Wen made remarks that were interpreted as critical of Bo Xilai. (Photo provided by Pui Kiu Education Foundation)
Editor's note: This is the 17th of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL: Funds rolled in during Bo's...
Li Jun, second from right, in a Chongqing detention center in February 2010.
Editor's note: This is the 16th of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL: Chongqing’s second-richest man...
“Do I look like a mafia boss?” asks Li Jun. He now works at a Chinese restaurant. (Kenji Minemura)
Editor's note: This is the 15th of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL: In 80 days, 9,500 arrested in Bo’s ...
“A single entry on the Internet threw family life into confusion,” says Fang Hong in Chongqing. (Nozomu Hayashi)
Editor's note: This is the 14th of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (1) : Driven to become 'emperor,' Bo...
Imprints of 1,000 pairs of footprints on bronze plates in the Xinghai Square in Dalian. Only the footprints of Bo Xilai are golden; so many people have touched them that the black coating has peeled off. (Kenji Minemura)
Editor's note: This is the first of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (2) : Influenced by Mao, Bo declares, ...
Leaders of the Communist Party of China attend a ceremony to mark the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, held in the Tiananmen Square in October 1949. (Photo provided by CFP)
Editor's note: This is the second of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (3) : Father's influence even got Bo...
A relative of former Chinese leader Bo Yibo carries Yibo's portrait during a funeral ceremony in Beijing on Jan. 21, 2007. The remains of Bo Yibo, father of Bo Xilai and the last of the "Eight Immortals" who launched China's economic reforms and crushed the 1989 pro-democracy protests, were cremated at a ceremony attended by President Hu Jintao and other senior officials. Chinese characters at top reads "Solemn remembrance of Bo Yibo comrade". (AP Photo/EyePress)
Editor's note: This is the third of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (4) : As the brass band played, a...
A professional musician dispatched from Beijing, far right back row, instructs members of a brass band in Desheng in 1987. (Provided by the People's Daily)
Editor's note: This is the fourth of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (5) : Bo beautified Dalian, with the...
Female police officers on horseback make the rounds of the People's Square in Dalian. (Kenji Minemura)
Editor's note: This is the fifth of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (6) : Power as new Dalian mayor went...
Bo Xilai, second from the right, and his wife, Gu Kailai, right, meet with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto in Dalian in 1997. (Chihiro Kato)
Editor's note: This is the sixth of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (7) : Corruption-exposing journalist...
Bo Xilai, third from the right, meets senior executives and reporters of Hong Kong newspapers, including Jiang Weiping, far left, in 1998. (Provided by Jiang Weiping)
Editor's note: This is the seventh of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (8) : Anti-Bo journalist was watched, ...
Jiang Weiping in an office at the University of Toronto, where he is currently a visiting researcher. (Kenji Minemura)
Editor's note: This is the eighth of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (9) : With his enemy behind bars, Bo...
Dalian citizens see off Bo Xilai in January 2001. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Editor's note: This is the ninth of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (10) : Bo an immediate hit in first...
Employees leave the Ministry of Commerce building that was constructed when Bo Xilai was commerce minister. (Nozomu Hayashi)
Editor's note: This is the tenth of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (11) : China's 'Iron Lady' had it in...
Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi announces her retirement in December 2007. (Provided by ChinaVisual.com Inc.)
Editor's note: This is the 11th of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.