[TigerLikesRooster]

It seems that this Bo saga is not over yet.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Arguably the most serious power struggle since TAM uprising in ‘89. I know some foreign corporations are now in quandary because they made huge efforts to court Bo in order to build factories in Chongqing area, the focus of China's development of inland provinces. Now he is gone, and all projects are suspended until dust clears in China's political arena.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I’ve been following this story for a while. Real intrigue here.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Who doesn’t like to sing red songs?

Let us boldly fulfill the Five Year Plan! It speaks to me.

[JudgemAll]

30 million people city? That’s like a whole European country.

China, you got a problem.

I can see it going into Gulag ghetto lockdown or them dropping a nuke there. Sheesh.

[muleskinner]

The John Batchelor Show has been following events in China very closely. This will be a fight to the death between Bo and his enemies, followed by a bloody clean out of the losing faction. This “could” be a repeat of the Cultural Revolution. I was wondering how Apple and other companies with key manufacturing plants would be affected. These are interesting times for China and are bound to become more so.I think Batchelor has the best show for international and national issues - usually critical of Obama’s foreign policies and national monetary policy. He’s not like Rush, but has expert guests, like Victor Davis Hansen and others from Hoover.

[roadcat]

Tall, slender policewomen in heavy makeup and starched white uniforms stand in the middle of roundabouts to direct traffic, a Bo trademark.

Bo certainly has creative thinking! Too bad our glorious leader doesn't have a clue about leading, let alone have creative ideas.

[TexasRepublic]

...sing "red songs," a prominent element of Bo's effort to revitalize Mao-era values.

Bo was too Red for the ChiComs? Wow.

[gandalftb]

Heywood was Gu’s business partner and reputed to also be working for MI-6.

[gandalftb]

Heywood was Gu’s business partner and reputed to also be working for MI-6.

[gandalftb]

The details would make for a great mystery/spy thriller movie.

Heywood worked for the intel business Hakluyt & Co. the MI-6 connection.

Bo’s wife, lawyer Bo Gu Kailai, is in jail along with her assistant Zhang Xiaojun. Heywood was a frequent guest and involved with both in “trading” activities. Heywood used their connections to travel freely and meet high level business and political connections.

Seems Heywood was found dead at the age of 41, highly intoxicated, cause of death was a “heart attack” some days after he told a friend he was in trouble. In a highly unusual move, he was cremated without autopsy against the wishes of his mother and the British Consulate.

Bo’s police chief Wang Lijun fled to the US consulate in Chengdu and offered details on the whole affair but was handed over to Beijing and Bo was immediately dumped.

Heywood may have been the bag man for payoffs to Taiwan businessmen, just a rumor, lots of chatter.

Gonna be a bumpy ride. Wish I was closer so I could write the screenplay.