He’s dead Jim.
Probably not. The higher-ups have bigger fish to fry right now, containing the Bo Xilai scandal and searching out just how far his tentacles reached into the Party. Fortunately for him, this guy is at this moment only a relatively minor annoyance.
I’d give him six months...at best.
RE” after securing assurances from the Chinese government that he would remain safe,
And how reliable and trustworthy are the Chicoms when they make promises like this?