Explosive News About Bo/Wang

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(1) Christopher Bodeen, Mystery Surrounds Fate of Famed China Police Chief. Associated Press, Feb 8, 2012 (3 hours ago)
http://news.yahoo.com/mystery-su ... hief-113652876.html
("online reports that he [Wang Lijun] sought asylum at the American consulate in the nearby southwestern city of Chengdu on Tuesday after quarelling with Bo" Xilai; Richard Buangan, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, declined to discuss those reports; search results for Wang and Bo were blocked and the comments sections attached to online reports about Wang were disabled)

(2) John Garnaut, China Power Play: anti-corruption officials vanish. Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), Feb 9, 2012
http://www.smh.com.au/world/chin ... 20120208-1rf58.html

Quote:

"Mr Bo’s relationship with Mr Wang collapsed last month under the pressure of an investigation team from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, according to a Chongqing source who has had recent dealings with both Mr Wang and the commission.

"Speculation was swirling last night that Mr Bo himself was a target of the central investigation

"Eleven of Mr Wang’s close associates from Liaoning province were taken away, including his driver, according to a Chongqing source who has had dealings with him.

"Diplomatic sources confirmed the fact of a tense stand-off involving Mr Wang at the [US Chengdu] consulate, without giving details.

Mote:
(a) The report cites
(i) John Garnaut, Chinese general to fight corruption. SMH, Jan 19, 2012
http://www.smh.com.au/world/chin ... 20120118-1q6n2.html
("His [Liu Yuan's] do-or-die language echoes that of a third ambitious 'princeling' friend, Bo Xilai, whose career has prospered after a big anti-corruption campaign in Chongqing city": the only mention of Mr Bo)
(ii) Editorial: A Dragon of a Year for Change. SMH, Jan 23, 2012
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/ed ... 20120122-1qc1k.html

(b) Both The Age (based in Melbourne) and SMH are owned by the same media group. Fairfax Media. "The newspaper [The Age] shares many articles with other Fairfax Media metropolitan daily newspapers, such as The Sydney Morning Herald."
The Age
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age
("Liu Yuan, the son of the former Chinese president, Liu Shaoqi, is leading the clean-up. He went as far as conceding that unchecked corruption threatened the very existence of the PLA and the Communist Party.

() A Feb 8, 2012 Guardian report cites

Choi Chi-yuk, Chongqing Reassigns Iron-Fisted Police Boss; 'Triad-buster' and ally of city's party secretary reassigned to new portfolio covering education and environment, setting off speculation about his career. South China Morning Post, Feb 3, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/ ... 7733492d9253a0a0a0/  
("sources in Beijing said a task force from the party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection was recently sent to Chongqing")

My comment: To reach the SCMP report, you can not click--or cut and paste--the URL. Rather, you have to search with the title or quotation. Essentially it said little (except the quotation), because little was known at the time.