Stock Market Weekly, 123
Student protest movement (1989), 52, 83, 92–93, 107, 122, 138, 219, 239, 254, 258, 259, 286–287, 294, 308
Su Tiecheng, 50–51
Suicide, 29, 49–50, 141, 290
Sun Tzu, 51
Supreme People’s Court, 141, 142, 202
Surveillance programs, 54, 59–60, 64, 112–113, 118, 144–145, 146, 212–213, 259
Sydney Olympics (2000), 159
Taikungpao newspaper, 282
Taiwan, 5
Tang Dynasty, 64, 199
Tashi Dolma, 264
Tencent, 120, 124
“Third echelon,” 89
Three Gorges dam project, 105
Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, 77, 98, 107, 200
See also Student protest movement (1989)
Tianjin, China, 106, 127, 133
Tianya, 113
Tibet, 11
Tibetan Daily, 254
Tibetans, 216–217, 220, 253–254, 264
Tie Liu, 281–282
Tieling, China, 17
corruption scandal in, 8, 42–43, 44–46, 172, 186, 189
crime in, 19–24
Wang Lijun in, 8, 17, 18, 19–24, 66
Wang Pengfei in, 53
Tieling Municipal Public Security Bureau, 18, 19, 42
Timms, Peter, 126–127
Tong Zhiwei, 112
Topping, Seymour, 115
Torture, 24, 32, 37–39, 40, 41, 62, 63, 67, 111, 112, 142, 186
Totalitarianism, 64
Trade, 11, 83, 103–104, 307
Turkey, 77
Udagawa, 203
UN. See United Nations
Unemployment, 95
United Action, 87–88
United Kingdom (UK), 6
United Morning News, 81, 156, 160
United Nations Environment Programme, 96
United Nations (UN), 51, 153
United States
Chinese lawsuits filed in, 101–102, 157–158
Chinese relations with, 11, 52, 234
Hu Jintao visit to, 261
human rights and, 11
imperialism of, 11
legal system in, 174
trade and, 11
Xi Jinping’s visit to, 53, 76
Utopia website, 120
Voice of America, 9, 14, 82, 277, 283
Wai Can magazine, 49, 59
Wall Street Journal, 56, 75, 96, 126, 146, 161, 168, 194
Walmart, 111
Wanda Group, 96
Wang Dan, 83
Wang Guangmei, 199–201, 205, 305
Wang Juntao, 281
Wang Licheng, 17, 20
Wang Lihui, 66
Wang Lijun, 179
anonymous-letter campaigns against, 24
anti-Americanism of, 52–53
anticrime campaign of, 4–5, 18–19, 19–24, 35, 39, 49, 64, 68, 81, 110, 185, 186
arrest of, 5, 67–68
attempted defection of, 11–16, 51–61, 66, 67, 69, 73, 74, 81–82, 83, 84, 120, 123, 125, 130, 174, 182, 191, 211, 220, 221, 236, 244, 263, 276, 283, 286
Wang Lijun
Bo Xilai and, 9–10, 16, 80–82, 84, 284–285
Bo Xilai partnership with, 5, 7, 8, 26–27, 28
Bo Xilai split with, 41–51, 118, 173
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and, 42, 45, 173, 190
Chinese Communist Party and, 24
in Chongqing, 4–11, 26–41, 65, 66, 110, 150
corruption allegations against, 4–11, 47, 49, 60–61, 64–68
criticism of, 24, 36–37
decadent lifestyle of, 60, 190
early life of, 17–19
education, lack of and, 18, 33
elimination of political opponents by, 24, 36–39, 41, 50, 112, 113–114
ethnicity of, 16–18, 20
firing of, 4–11, 47
Gu Kailai and, 9, 66, 163–165, 223
health of, 43
Heywood murder and, 44, 53–56, 55, 66, 68, 118–119, 125–126, 130, 167, 168–174, 181–183, 185–193, 197, 272
Hu Jintao and, 75, 76, 80, 82, 83
image of, 33–34, 46
imprisonment of, 65–66
in Jinzhou, 8, 25–26, 33
legacy of, 68–69
media coverage of, 5, 7, 8, 12–15, 21–22, 23–24, 33, 34, 36, 54, 59, 85
mental health of, 49–51, 61, 81, 267, 276
nicknames of, 21
in Panjin, 24–25
police reform and, 28–29, 32, 34
Politburo Standing Committee and, 76
political purges and, 41
“Singing Red and Smashing Black” campaign and, 28, 41, 43, 81
surveillance programs of, 59–60, 64, 118, 144, 146, 212–213
temperament of, 8, 34–36
in Tieling, 8, 17, 18, 19–24, 66
Tieling corruption scandal and, 8, 42–43, 44–46, 172, 186, 189
torture, use of and, 24, 32, 37–39, 40, 41, 67, 112, 186
trial of, 66–67, 118, 185–189, 193, 230–231
Wen Jiabao and, 83–85
Wen Qiang and, 29–32, 65
womanizing and, 40
Wukan Riot and, 117
Xiao Shuli, marriage to of, 18
in Xiaonan township, 18–19
Xu Ming and, 26–27, 163, 164, 223–224, 230–231
Zhou Yongkang and, 25, 27, 49, 56
Wang Lulu, 44, 172, 184–185, 195, 271
Wang Pengfei, 48, 53, 54, 174
Wang Xing, 13–14
Wang Xuemei, 183, 184–185, 193
Wang Yang, 116–117, 257
Wang Yi, 111
Wang Zhen, 93
Washington Free Beacon, 55
Washington Post, 40, 176, 273, 298
Weapon sales, 24, 28, 37
Wei Jiurui, 12
Wei Ke, 58–59
Weibo, 6, 12, 13, 14, 39, 68, 74, 99, 123, 124, 129, 130, 148, 234, 274, 278, 279, 304, 315
Wen Jiabao, 124, 138, 177, 258, 266, 297–298, 312
Bo Xilai and, 80, 83, 103, 105, 117, 120, 128, 134, 148, 195, 196, 212, 229, 236, 242–244, 247–248, 267
corruption allegations against, 234–238, 244–247, 280
early career of, 239
economic reform and, 240–241
Jiang Zemin and, 235
legacy of, 244
media coverage of, 237
political reform and, 241
Sichuan earthquake (2008) and, 241–242
Wang Lijun scandal and, 83–85
Zhou Yongkang and, 220
Wen Qiang, 7, 29–32, 65, 111–112, 173
Wen Shizhen, 102
Wen Yunsong, 234, 235
Western Zhou Dynasty, 198–199
White House, 52, 55
Winning a Lawsuit in America (Gu Kailai), 158, 174–175
Womanizing, 30, 40, 48, 98–99, 132, 136–137, 149, 162, 187, 209–210, 212, 213, 230, 277–279
World Economic Herald, 286
World Journal, 173
World Trade Organization, 289
World War II, 95
Wu Bangguo, 115
Wu Xiaoqing, 29
Wu Yi, 103, 104, 105
Wu Zetian, 62, 64
Wukan Riot, 116–117
Xi Caihou, 78
Xi Jinping, 90, 139, 194, 222, 245, 274, 288, 294
Bo Xilai and, 74, 83, 128, 145, 192, 211, 212, 263, 269, 292, 297–298, 300–301, 304
consolidation of power of, 310–311
early life of, 224–225, 301–303
economic reform and, 313
in Fujian province, 309
in Guangdong Province, 302–303
Jiang Zemin and, 292, 306
marriage of, 303
military and, 311
as Ningde party chief, 305
Politburo Standing Committee and, 312
political reform and, 313–314
in Shanghai, 306
succession of, 5
5
U.S. visit of, 53, 76
in Zhejiang, 305
Xi Jingping PK Li Keqiang (Xia Fei), 217
Xi Zhongxun, 288, 300–301
Xia Fei, 217
Xia Zeliang, 169, 180
Xiao Shuli, 18
Xiaonan township, China, 18–19
Xiaoping Chen, 107
Xie Shijie, 215
Xinghai Square, 97–98
Xin Jianwei, 35–36
Xinhua news agency, 120, 130, 131–132, 178, 220, 230, 236, 249, 286
Xinjiang, China, 214
Xu Ming
arrest of, 230
Bo Xilai and, 80, 98, 148, 161, 195, 223, 225–230, 232, 233, 276
Bo Xilai-Wang Lijun partnership and, 26–27
business ventures of, 225–229
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and, 230
corruption allegations against, 230
decadent lifestyle of, 228
Gu Kailai and, 98, 225, 231
health of, 228
Heywood, Neil and, 162, 166
Heywood murder and, 45, 168–169, 170, 173, 223–224
soccer and, 226–227, 229
Wang Lijun and, 163, 164, 223–224, 230–231
Zhou Yongkang and, 227
Xu Xin, 278
Xueliang Ding, 84–85
Yan Jianhong, 202–203
Yang (Tieling mafia leader), 20
Yang Guifei, 199
Yang Haipeng, 120, 125, 282
Yang Rong, 101–102
Yang Shangkun, 59
Yao Yilin, 105
Year of the Dragon, 3–4
Yeung, Benjamin, 101
Yinzhi, 284
Younge, 268
Youth leaguers, 255–257, 269
See also China Youth League
Yu Jie, 241
Yu Zhengsheng, 300
Yunnan province, China, 11, 73–74
Zakaria, Fareed, 247
Zeng Qinghong, 148
Zhang Chunxian, 210
Zhang Dawei, 237
Zhang Dejiang, 282–283
Zhang Jun, 29–30
Zhang Peili, 234, 235
Zhang Sizhi, 283
Zhang Tao, 29
Zhang Weijie, 98, 99
Zhang Xiaojun, 130, 169–170, 174, 183, 187
Zhang Yesui, 234
Zhang Ziyi, 149, 278–279
Zhao Xiangcha, 178–179
Zhao Ziyang, 93, 122, 216, 218, 239, 243, 253, 258, 286, 308
Zheng Xiaoyu, 142
Zheng Xie, 155
Zhou Enlai, 114, 249
Zhou Haiying, 216
Zhou Lijun, 16, 22–23
Zhou Yongkang, 299
Bo Xilai and, 27, 56, 74, 76, 80, 210–211, 213, 220, 221–222, 273
criticism of, 220–221
Heywood murder and, 196
Jiang Zemin and, 217–218
legacy of, 222–223
Ling Jihua scandal and, 266–267
oil industry and, 214–215
in Panjin, 25
police reform and, 217
Politburo Standing Committee and, 25, 217–218, 219, 221–222
Politics and Law Commission and, 218–220
as Sichuan party secretary, 215–217
Tibetans, treatment of by, 216–217
Wang Lijun and, 25, 49, 56, 58, 211, 212–213, 220
womanizing and, 210, 212, 213, 215
Xi Jingping and, 55, 211, 212
in Xinjiang, 214
Xu Ming and, 227
Zhou Yuhao, 177
Zhu De, 115, 249
Zhu Rongji, 221, 239, 257, 268, 289, 312
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