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student protest movement (1989) and, 92–93, 138, 286–287
Diaoyutai State Guest House, 123, 124
“The Dirty Mind and Decadent Lifestyle of Bo Yibo,” 134
Dong Ayi, 95
Dong Biwu, 249
Dong Peidong, 129
Dongsen News, 278
Drug trafficking, 24, 28, 31, 37, 142, 168–169, 231
Duan Wihong, 244
Due process, 20, 32, 66, 174, 177, 179
East Germany, 220
Eastern China University of Political Science and Law, 112
Economy, economic reform, 79
Edinburg shooting (2009), 28
18th Party Congress (2012), 4, 16, 82, 115, 175, 213, 221, 269, 270, 280, 294–300
Energy industry, 214
The Enigma of the Bo Xilai Incident (Ji Weiren), 221, 227
Environment, 95–96, 150
Esquire magazine, 102
EU. See European Union
European Union (EU), 103–104, 226
Falun Gong movement, 122, 216, 219, 259, 290
Fan Chengxiu, 154–155, 156, 159–160, 176, 178–179
Fang Hong, 39, 68
Fang Lizhi, 52
Fang Yan, 68
FBI. See Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 124
Feng Qingyang, 145
Feng Shengping, 244
Financial crisis of 2009, 108, 260
Five Chongqing program, 149
Five Gold Flowers, 154
Forbes, 14
Ford Motor Company, 111
Fortune magazine, 101
14th Party Congress (1992), 17, 254
Foxconn Technology Group, 108, 111
French Radio International, 223, 237
Fuji Evening News, 203
Gambling, 27, 28, 31, 101, 113
Gang of Four, 202
Gangs, 5, 19, 23, 35, 88
Gao Falin, 256
Gao Guanjun, 179, 181
Gao Xin, 237–238, 313
Gao Yingpu, 112–113
Gao Yu, 74, 270, 275, 298
Gao Zicheng, 283
GDP. See Gross domestic product
Genghis Khan, 16
Gertz, Bill, 55
Gongzhou, 106
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 249, 313
Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China, 21, 77, 130, 131, 295
Gross domestic product (GDP), 79, 108, 110, 240, 253, 257, 260
Gu Dan, 123
Gu Jingsheng, 153–155, 159–160
Gu Kailai, 107
Bo Xilai, marriage to of, 90–92, 98, 137, 156–157, 159–160, 162–163
Chongqing land development deal and, 166–167
corruption allegations against, 9, 74, 82–83, 123, 136, 196
early life of, 154–157
elimination of political opponents by, 100
health of, 162–164
Heywood murder and, 44–47, 48–49, 54–55, 66, 118–119, 125–128, 129, 130–131, 144, 160–161, 166–174, 174–179, 179–185, 187–192, 196–197, 203–205, 272
law career of, 157–159
mental health of, 174, 178, 179–180, 182, 190
overseas money transfers of, 168, 196
poisoning of, 26–27, 162
trial of, 174–179, 182, 197, 203, 272
Wang Lijun and, 15, 26–27, 41, 66, 163–165, 223
writings of, 158, 174–175
Xu Ming and, 98, 225, 231
Guangdong Province, 41, 116, 302–303
Guangzhou, China, 45, 53, 60, 102, 116, 142
Guizhou, China, 11
Gun sales, 24, 28, 37
Guo Weiguo, 167, 180
Hall, Giles, 161–162
Han Dynasty, 44, 63, 64
Harvard University, 74
Haymond, Peter, 54
He Guoqiang, 41, 42, 111–112
He Weifang, 65, 283
Health care, 108, 149
Heywood, Neil
Bo family and, 127–128, 162, 168
Bo Guagua and, 127, 162, 165, 166, 167–168, 180
as British spy, 189, 194–195, 197
Chongqing land development deal and, 166–167
framing of, 168–169, 231
Gu Kailai and, 127–128, 160–161, 166
profile of, 126–127
Public Security Ministry investigation of, 193–196
Xu Ming and, 162
See also Heywood murder
Heywood murder, 184–185, 316–317
anniversary of, 271–272
Bo Guagua and, 130, 167, 180, 182
Bo Xilai and, 48–49, 53, 53–56, 74, 118–119, 125–126, 128, 144, 166, 171–173, 183, 186, 189, 190–191, 272
British government and, 197–198
cause of death and, 44, 171–172, 181, 183
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and, 127–128
government involvement in, 196–197
Gu Kailai and, 44–47, 48, 54–55, 66, 118–119, 125–126, 129, 130–131, 144, 166–174, 174–179, 179–185, 187–192, 196–197, 203–205, 272
legal issues in, 179–185
media coverage of, 44, 85, 125–126, 169, 178
motive for, 166, 180, 183
Politburo Standing Committee and, 192
Tieling corruption scandal and, 44–46
Wang Lijun and, 44, 53–56, 66, 68, 118–119, 125–126, 130, 167, 168–174, 181–183, 185–193, 197, 272
Xu Ming and, 45, 166, 168–169, 170, 173, 223–224
Zhou Yongkang and, 196
See also Heywood, Neil
Ho Jing, 20
Hollywood, 6, 11, 15
Hong Kong, 5, 7, 8, 51–52, 85, 97, 109
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 84
Housing, 83, 108, 113, 115, 149
Hu Jintao, 27, 112, 118, 124, 138, 285, 295, 297, 306, 310, 311
Bo Xilai and, 57, 75, 76–77, 80, 82–83, 102, 105, 117, 129, 131, 147, 247–248, 262–263, 273, 280, 286, 293
China Youth League and, 252–253, 255–257
corruption and, 262
early life of, 251
economic reform and, 240–241, 261
elimination of political opponents by, 4
harmonious society of, 259–260
as Jiang Zemin’s successor, 254–255
legacy of, 270–271
Ling Jihua scandal and, 263–269, 294
Mao Zedong and, 248–251, 256, 258
political prisoners and, 261
political reform and, 257–259
surveillance program of, 259
as Tibet party chief, 253–254
U.S. visit of, 261
Wang Lijun and, 56, 57, 58, 61, 75, 76, 80, 82, 83, 263
Xi Jinping and, 306–307
Xibaipo “pilgrimage” of, 248–250
Zhou Yongkang and, 220
Hu Ming, 137
Hu Yaobang, 92, 136, 138, 218, 239, 243, 253, 258, 308
Hua Guofeng, 202
Huang Guangyu, 231
Huang Qifan, 47, 56–57, 58, 76, 80, 81, 82, 114
Hubei province, China, 40
Human rights, 11, 50, 142, 216, 260, 307
Hunan province, 30
Hwang, Henry David, 126
International Financial News, 103
International law, 15, 57
Internet, 5, 12–13, 44, 50, 59, 259
The Iron-Blooded Police Spirit (TV Series), 22, 27
Japan, 75, 100, 129, 133, 154, 273
Ji Lianke, 21
Ji Weiren, 64–65, 221, 227, 267
Jia Qinglin, 83, 267
Jia Xiaohua, 210
Jiang Jiemin, 267
Jiang Min, 176–177
Jiang Qing, 88, 136, 200, 201–202, 205, 283, 305
Jiang Wanyuan, 113
Jiang Zemin, 44, 60, 205, 250, 254, 260, 261, 270, 284, 297, 298, 310
Bo Xilai and, 98, 102, 116, 129, 192, 263, 286, 292–294
Centra
l Commission for Discipline Inspection and, 290–291
Deng Xiaoping and, 287–288, 292
economic reform and, 257, 288–290
elimination of political opponents by, 4, 144, 290–291
health of, 285–286, 293
Ling Jihua scandal and, 268, 269
Wang Lijun, attempted defection of and, 286
Wen Jiabao and, 235
Xi Jinping and, 292, 306
Zhou Yongkang and, 217–218, 220
Jin County, China, 90
Jinzhou, China, 8, 25–26, 33
“Journalist Yang Wanguo,” 122
Kang Sheng, 133, 300
Kang Xiaoguang, 256–257
Kangxi, Emperor, 284, 294
Kennedy, John F., 74, 103, 160
Khrushchev, Nikita, 52
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 109
Kissinger, Henry, 115
“Koki-Wong,” 12
Kong Qingdong, 121
Kulis, 63–64
Kunming, China, 74, 75
Kuo, Glen, 114
Lai Shijun, 62–63
Law
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and, 142–143
international, 15, 57
rule of, 65, 141
Law Weekend, 18
Lee, Henry Chang-Yu, 47, 173
The Legends of the Northeastern Tiger (Chen Xiaodoing), 20
Lei Zhengfu, 145
Li Cheng, 283
Li Chuncheng, 222
Li Danyu, 88–89, 90, 91, 117, 118, 156, 163
Li Gang, 67
Li Heping, 142
Li Jun, 40
Li Keqiang, 43–44, 49, 117, 159, 256, 257, 292, 306
Li Minghang, 28
Li Rong, 215
Li Wangzhi, 117–118
Li Xianzheng, 63
Li Yanfeng, 99, 100
Li Yang, 172
Li Yuanchao, 106, 131, 266, 269, 297
Li Zhuang, 37–40
Liang Anren, 94
Liang Jing, 203
Liaoning province, China, 9, 17, 34, 43, 94, 100–102, 127
Lin Biao, 201, 310
Ling Gu, 263–264
Ling Jihua, 76, 257, 263–269, 280, 294, 297
Little Red Book, 86, 109
Liu Guanglei, 59
Liu Lu, 279
Liu Qibao, 56, 57
Liu Shaoqi, 115, 199–201, 202, 303, 305
Liu Xiaobo, 261
Liu Yuan, 90, 115–116, 303, 304
Liu Zhengwei, 202–203
Locke, Gary, 54
London Guardian, 126, 161
London Olympic Games (2012), 175
Lu Di, 282
Lu Fuyuan, 102
Lucky Holiday Hotel, 44, 165–166, 170, 187, 271
Luzhou Police Academy, 29
MI6, 189, 195, 196
Ma Junren, 158–159
Ma Sicong, 52
Ma Xiaoqing, 162–163
Mafia, 19, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30, 31, 37
Mao Zedong, 59, 68, 74, 76, 92, 93, 107, 115, 133, 144, 176, 199, 240, 273, 288, 295, 312
birth of, 17
Bo Xilai and, 84, 86, 87, 108, 114, 128, 148, 243, 248
Bo Yibo and, 88, 89, 133–134
brutality of, 17
China’s legal system and, 218
Communist revolution of, 249
corruption and, 249–250
Cultural Revolution and, 87, 109, 119, 136, 156
death of, 89, 136, 155, 251, 302
Deng Xiaoping and, 143
elimination of political opponents by, 128
Hu Jintao and, 248–251, 256, 258
Khrushchev, Nikita and, 52
People’s Republic of China and, 153
poisonous water and, 200–201
political purges of, 86, 88, 143
Red Guards and, 88
Maoflag website, 120
Maoist radicals, 6, 132
Marxism, 52, 154, 302
Media, government-controlled, 3, 5
Bo Xilai and, 98, 102–103, 105, 114, 120–125, 147
censorship and, 5, 12–13, 124–125
Heywood murder and, 44, 85, 125–126
National People’s Congress and, 78
“Singing Red and Smashing Black” campaign and, 28
student protest movement (1989) and, 92
Wang Lijun and, 5, 7, 19, 21–22, 23–24, 33, 34, 36, 85
Wang Lijun, attempted defection of and, 12–15
Wen Qiang, arrest and trial of and, 31
See also Media, overseas
Media, overseas
Bo Xilai and, 9, 10, 114, 120–125, 130, 144, 149
Gu Kailai, trial of and, 178
Heywood murder and, 125–126, 169
Internet and, 5
student protest movement (1989) and, 92
Wang Lijun and, 8, 14, 15–16, 54, 59, 74
Wen Jiabao and, 237
Zhou Yongkang and, 220, 221
See also Media, government-controlled
Microsoft, 11
Ming Pao, 277
Mingjing News, 4, 5, 6, 10, 14, 60, 68, 105, 124, 131, 210, 212, 237, 244, 245, 264, 272, 273, 274, 277, 278, 279, 286, 299
Ministry of Commerce, 85, 102–104, 104–105, 117, 127, 162, 228
Ministry of State Security, 15
Ministry of Public Security, 24, 27, 47, 49, 58, 66, 99, 179, 193–196
Mo Shaoping, 141
Modern Business Daily, 259
Municipal Party Standing Committee, 41, 46, 189
Murck, Christian, 111
My Defense of Ma Junren (Gu Kailai), 158
The Mysteries of Bo Xilai Incident (Dong Peidong), 129
Nandu Weekly newspaper, 60, 165, 167, 169, 174, 185–186, 187, 190, 191
Nanjing, China, 61
National college entrance exam, 18, 89, 155–156
National Food and Drug Administration, 142
National People’s Congress (NPC), 32, 75, 77–84, 102, 176, 212
Nationalist government, 51, 87, 108, 132, 133, 134, 200
Ness, Eliot, 54
Netease, 121
New Century Magazine, 7, 158
New Legend magazine, 287
New York Stock Exchange, 101
New York Times, 14, 55, 89, 91, 115, 126, 144, 156, 163, 194, 234, 243, 245–247, 280, 302
New Yorker, 177
Newsweek, 54
Nixon, Richard, 51
“The Non-Trial of the Century” (Osnos), 177
North Korea, 59, 153, 262
Northeast Area Revitalization, 100
NPC. See National People’s Congress
Nuland, Victoria, 14
Obama, Barack, 261, 299
Oil industry, 24, 25, 27, 214–215, 217
“Oil rat” scandals, 24, 25, 27
O.J. Simpson murder trial, 174
One-party system, 4, 313
Organized crime, 4–5, 7, 8, 9, 19, 24, 25, 27, 37, 38, 40, 64, 68
See also Crime
Oriental Daily, 49, 121
Osnos, Evan, 177
Oxford University, 74
Panchen Lama, 253–254
Panjin, China, 24–25
Peng Liyuan, 304
Peng Shimin, 113–114
People’s Daily, 14, 103, 129
People’s Political Consultative Conference, 78–79, 83
People’s Republic of China, 153
Poisonous water (huo shui), 151, 198–205
Police Salon newsletter, 33
Politburo Standing Committee, 49, 68, 105
18th Party Congress (2012) and, 297
Bo Xilai and, 9, 28, 43, 74, 76, 82, 105, 106, 116, 120, 128, 131, 148, 168, 211, 212, 243, 263, 272–273, 274
Heywood murder and, 192
power struggles in, 55
princelings and, 93
reduction of, 299–300
Wang Lijun and, 76, 211
Xi Jingping and, 312
Zhou Yongkang and, 25, 217–218, 219, 221–22
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Political asylum, 12, 14, 15, 52, 53, 54, 58, 191–192
Political dissidents, 51, 52, 65, 122, 217, 220, 259, 261, 262, 281, 290, 296
Political intrigue, 4, 6, 76, 124
Political liberalization, 92
Political prisoners, 261
Political purges, 86, 88, 92, 117, 143, 200, 239
Politics and Law Commission, 116, 213, 218–220
Pollution, 95, 107
Pornography, 22–23
Poverty, 29, 107, 110, 132, 253
Power struggles, 6, 15, 44, 55, 56, 125, 145, 204, 291
Princelings, 10, 42, 43, 46, 71, 93–94, 94, 115, 116, 132, 147, 156, 162, 242, 251, 255, 256, 263, 269, 272, 297, 298, 313
Prodemocracy movement, 52, 138
Propaganda, 5, 10, 23, 34, 110, 122, 134, 138, 144, 201, 209
Prostitution, 24, 27, 113
Purges, 25, 92, 117, 143, 200, 239
Putin, Vladimir, 39, 217, 249, 251
Qing Dynasty, 44, 284
Qinghua University, 135, 256, 302
Radicals, 6, 132
Radio Free Asia, 203
Rape, 31, 40
Reagan, Ronald, 101
Red China website, 120
Red Guards, 52, 86–88, 137, 157, 200, 218, 273, 301
Reeducation through Labor Camp, 39
Reformists, 6, 136, 243, 253, 262, 282
Reuters, 14, 83, 86, 179, 283, 295
Romney, Mitt, 299
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 311
Rule of law, 65, 78, 141
Russia, 251
Russo-Japanese war of 1904–1905, 95
Sanctuary, 51, 52
Sankei Shimbun, 129
Second World War, 95
Selected Works of Mao Zedong, 114
17th Party Congress (2007), 105, 217, 306, 312
Sex slavery, 31
Shang Yang, 63
Shanghai, China, 106, 109, 306
Shen Yuan, 52
Shenyang, China, 101
Shenzhen, China, 92
Shi Tao, 259
Shi Zangshan, 221
Shide Group, 164, 225, 226, 227, 228–229, 230
Sichuan, China, 11, 29, 141, 179, 215–217
Sichuan earthquake (2008), 241–242
Sichuan Legal Daily, 33
Sichuan Provincial Police Department, 56
Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department, 14, 56
Sima Qian, 63
Sina, 13, 121, 124, 278
Singapore, 160
“Singing Red and Smashing Black” campaign, 28, 41, 43, 81, 107, 109, 112, 113, 164, 179, 195, 242, 251, 298
Soccer, 95, 96–97, 226–227, 229
Socialism, 79
Song Dynasty, 23, 106, 175
Song Ping, 252
Song Yongyi, 87
South Korea, 100, 153, 175
Southeast University of Politics and Law, 179
Southern China Morning Post, 265
Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper, 14, 54, 120
Southern Weekend, 48, 125, 161, 224, 228, 232
Soviet Union, 52, 77, 220, 251, 315
Spying, 138
State Department, U.S., 52, 55
State Intellectual Property Office, 33