China’s Communists Close Ranks Against Bo in Show of Unity
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China’s Communist Party moved to show unity after suspending Bo Xilai from the ruling Politburo and declaring his wife a murder suspect, ordering the nation’s more than 80 million party members to back the decision.
China’s central television station read the charges against Gu Kailai, Bo’s wife, every hour on the hour, detailing how she had been arrested on suspicion of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood in Chongqing. A commentary on the front page of today’s People’s Daily, the party’s mouthpiece, urged cadres to “firmly support the correct decision” to investigate Bo.