Bo Xilai China's man of the year

Friday, 21 December 2012

There is only one candidate for China's man of the year, and he's not from the new leadership. Disgraced Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai's popularity and lust for power brought him down. But he was nevertheless the catalyst who shook the Chinese Communist Party to its core, revealing the depth of its internal rifts and corruption to the world. - Kent Ewing (Dec 21, '12)

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