Looks a little dissipated.
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Given the secretive and sordid nature of Chinese politics, all we can say for sure is that we have no idea what is really going on.
Watch Obama curry favor with his commie pals by deporting this kid right back to China to see a firing squad.
more intrigue.....
Bo represented a fraction in China that abhors the corruption brought forth by free market reforms. Bo did not live like he preached but he is popular in the western core China and many in the military. The military in general became a merit based institution who are taught how the ideal Chinese government should function. Many who retired ended up with a second career in government. Many were shocked by the widespread corruption and abuse by civilian officials towards the people. Some of the riots by local villagers against abusive local gov officials were organized by retired army officers and soldiers. These soldiers and former soldiers as well as many in rural China are sympathetic of Bo position against corruption and desire to go back to the clean and simpler life under the Maoist era. Free markets had made the 1/10th of China richer but the remaining ones without connections and powerful family members in gov are left out of the Chinese economic miracle. Bo was able to tap into this discontent in the rural China and members of the military. I think the rumors of a military coup after Bo was taken down scared the leaders in China who represent the connected class and new business class. IMHO Bo is no reformer. He lives like a prince and has his own business dealings. He is more like a typical third world dictator. If not in power he is a reformer and political bomb thrower against the thieves in power. Once in power he will become the thief. Someone else would come along and play the role of reformer and protest against him. The cycle will simply go on and on.