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overseas money transfers of,
9
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49
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55
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128
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136
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196

     
Politburo Standing Committee and,
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28
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43
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74
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76
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82
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105
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106
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116
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120
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128
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131
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148
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168
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211
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212
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243
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263
,
272–273
,
274

     
political ambition of,
43
,
106
,
115–120

     
punishment of,
76
,
272–275

     
“Singing Red and Smashing Black” campaign of,
28
,
41
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43
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107
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109
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113
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115–116
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164
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179
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195
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242
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251
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298

     
surveillance program of,
112–113
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144–145

     
Tieling corruption scandal and,
42–43
,
44–46
,
172
,
186
,
189

     
torture, use of and,
111
,
142

     
Wang Lijun, attempted defection of and,
12
,
15
,
51
,
57
,
58
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73
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74
,
76
,
84
,
120
,
123
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221
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244
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276
,
283
,
286

     
Wang Lijun, corruption allegations against and,
9–10
,
61

     
Wang Lijun, firing of and,
9–10
,
47

     
Wang Lijun partnership with,
5
,
7
,
8
,
26–27
,
28
,
41

     
Wang Lijun split with,
41–51
,
118
,
173

     
Wen Jiabao and,
80
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83
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103
,
105
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117
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120
,
128
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134
,
148
,
195
,
196
,
212
,
229
,
236
,
242–244
,
247–248
,
267

     
womanizing and,
48
,
98–99
,
132
,
149
,
162
,
187
,
230
,
277–279

     
Xi Jingping and,
263
,
292
,
297–298
,
300–301
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304

     
Xi Jingping, attempted coup against of,
55
,
74
,
83
,
128
,
145
,
192
,
211
,
212
,
269

     
Xu Ming and,
26–27
,
80
,
98
,
148
,
161
,
195
,
223
,
225–230
,
232
,
233
,
276

     
Yunnan trip of,
73–76

     
Zhou Yongkang and,
27
,
56
,
74
,
76
,
80
,
210–211
,
213
,
220
,
221–222

Bo Yibo,
75
,
94
,
102
,
111
,
143
,
205
,
214
,
274
,
288
,
292

     
Bo Xilai, early life of and,
86–90

     
Bo Xilai’s political career and,
85
,
100

     
corruption allegations against,
134–136

     
decadent lifestyle of,
134–136

     
early life of,
132–133

     
imprisonment of,
132

     
Mao Zedong and,
89
,
133–134

     
purging of,
137

     
reinstatement of,
89
,
136

     
student protest movement (1989) and,
93
,
138

     
as vice premier,
89
,
133
,
136
,
265

     
womanizing and,
132
,
136–137

Boxun,
9
,
10
,
14–15
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124
,
149
,
197
,
221
,
276
,
278
,
279

Britain.
See
United Kingdom (UK)

British Consulate, Guangzhou, China,
45
,
53

Buangan, Richard,
14

Buckley, Chris,
83

Bush, George W.,
103

Caijing
magazine,
113
,
282

Calligraphy,
34

Canada,
40

Cao Jianmin,
210

Capital City Red Guards United Action Committee,
87

Capital punishment.
See
Death penalty

Capitalism, capitalists,
86
,
107
,
289

CCTV.
See
Chinese Central Television

Censorship,
5
,
12–13
,
59
,
124–125
,
212
,
259
,
315

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection,
4
,
41
,
76
,
111

     
Bo Xilai and,
42
,
49
,
98
,
100
,
118
,
129
,
130
,
131
,
139–147
,
168
,
274
,
275

     
double regulation practice of,
140
,
141
,
142

     
Heywood murder and,
44
,
127–128

     
Jiang Zemin and,
290–291

     
law and,
142–143

     
Liaoning province corruption scandal and,
101

     
political purges of,
143–144

     
Tieling corruption scandal and,
42
,
45

     
Wang Lijun and,
8
,
9
,
42
,
45
,
173
,
190

     
Xu Ming and,
230

Central Guard Bureau,
80
,
118
,
123

Central Law and Legal Commission,
128

Central Military Commission,
78

Central Party Committee,
76
,
80
,
89
,
106
,
123
,
129
,
130
,
136
,
139

Central Politics and Law Group,
25

     
See also
Politics and Law Commission

Charter 08,
261

Chen Liangyu,
291–292

Chen Tonghai,
215

Chen Xiaodoing,
20

Chen Xiaoping,
196
,
238
,
244

Chen Xitong,
144
,
290–291
,
292

Chen Yun,
115

Cheng Mingliang,
113

Chengdu Municipal Public Security Bureau,
14

Chengdu Provincial State Security Department,
57

Chiang Kai-shek,
133

China,
12–15

     
calligraphy in,
34

     
Communist takeover of,
77
,
108
,
138

     
corruption in,
3
,
7
,
92
,
141
,
204

     
drug trafficking in,
168–169

     
economy in,
4
,
11
,
79
,
215
,
239–241
,
275

     
energy industry in,
214

     
European Union and,
103–104

     
human rights and,
11

     
international law and,
15

     
Japan, resistance war against of,
75

     
legal system in,
175
,
218

     
Nationalist government in,
51
,
87
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108
,
132
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133
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134
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138
,
200

     
oil industry in,
24
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25
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27
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214–215
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217

     
one-party system in,
4

     
poisonous water and,
198

     
politics and business in,
232–233

     
propaganda machine in,
5
,
23

     
secrecy and,
13

     
social problems of,
115
,
239–240

     
trade and,
11
,
83
,
103–104

     
U.S. relations with,
11
,
52
,
234

China Central Television,
129–130

China Coup
(Ji Weiren),
64
,
267

China Criminal Police University,
53

China Development Bank,
111

China Enterprise Newspaper
,
97

China in Perspective website,
205

China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC),
214–215

China Northeastern Finance University,
33

China Northern Airlines Flight 6136,
100

China University of Petroleum,
214

China Youth League,
89–90
,
252–253
,
255–257
,
265

     
See also
Youth leaguers

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,
89
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93
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110

Chinese Central Television (CCTV),
177
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202
,
209–210
,
274
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275
,
278

Chinese Civil War,
154

Chinese Communist Party

     
14th Party Congress (1992) of,
17
,
254
17
th Communist Party Congress (2007) of,
217
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306
,
312

     
17th Party Congress (2007) of,
105

     
18th Party Congress (2012) of,
4
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16
,
82
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115
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175
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213
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221
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269
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270
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280
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294–300

     
Bo Xilai and,
16
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121
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130

     
corruption in,
140

     
legitimacy of,
115
,
240

     
one-party system in,
313

     
power struggles in,
143
,
204

     
propaganda and,
122

     
secrecy and,
138–139

     
Wang Lijun and,
14
,
24

Chinese constitution,
77
,
110
,
141

Chinese Football Association,
227

Chinese Foreign Ministry,
55
,
136
,
157
,
235

Chinese Princelings
(Gao Xin),
313

Chinese Public Security University,
19

Chinese Writers
magazine,
158

Chinglish
(Broadway show),
126–127

Chongqing, China

     
anticrime campaign in,
27–29
,
35
,
39
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82
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101
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107
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109–113

     
Bo Xilai in,
27
,
28
,
41
,
73
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79
,
80
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101
,
105–114
,
115–117
,
121–122
,
124
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142
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147–148
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164–165
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237
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242
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258
,
262–263
,
282–283

     
corruption in,
29

     
crime in,
4–5
,
27–29

     
GDP in,
108
,
110

     
People’s Congress (2011) of,
7

     
police reform in,
28–29
,
32

     
“Singing Red and Smashing Black” campaign in,
28
,
41
,
43
,
81
,
164

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