THE CASE OF BO XILAI: CLOSING RANKS IN CHINA

RULING CHINA

THE PARTY CONGRESS

Once every five years

This one (above), the 17th

Beijing, October 2007

The 18th is due this autumn

The hammer and sickle is still the symbol of the Chinese Communist Party, which is now in the process of going hammer and tong after one of its own, the former Chongqing party secretary and Politburo member, Bo Xilai. A work in progress.

More on Bo Xilai here and here and here; on his father, Bo Yibo, one of the "Eight Immortals," here