[gandalftb]

Great posts.

To what effect did Bo’s anti-triad Chongqing campaign, headed by his police chief, Wang Lijun have in all this?

Loan sharking, gambling and prostitution businesses run by the triads are said to have been worth nearly $5 billion a year.

Bo and Lijun jailed hundreds of triad members and over 1,500 triad-corrupted officials.

Also, why would Lijun flee to Beijing, he could have tiptoed in found refuge in at least 4 embassies in Chongqing?

Did Lijun cut a deal with the Politburo conservatives to rat out Bo and perhaps tell all about Bo’s rumored property holding overseas, rumored to have been created by Taiwan business interests and triad families untouched by Bo and Lijun’s crime-fighting?

I think this is a showcase battle between Beijing conservatives, that want the Politburo to operate under collective leadership, and Maoist and leftist reformers championed by Bo.

Interesting that the leftist websites wyzxsx.com and Maoflag.net have been offline for “maintenance” since Bo was sacked.

[TigerLikesRooster]

So far status quo and triads are winning apparently. Not that Bo is really an austere party official he want people to believe in. His son is a flash-pant spoiled brat driving around town in a ferrari. On the other hand, PM Wen Jiabao, ‘Mr. Clean’ of China, has wife who love influence peddling and pricey jewelry. The place is ripe for major shake-up. Bo might come back or somebody worse than Bo will turn up. Many powerful figures will fall, and many of them will flee to foreign countries. Wang is only the first high profile figure to attempt it. There will be more.