A Death in the Lucky Holiday Hotel (54 page)

     
Politburo Standing Committee and,
312

     
political reform and,
313–314

     
in Shanghai,
306

     
succession of,
55

     
U.S. visit of,
53
,
76

     
in Zhejiang,
305

Xi Jingping PK Li Keqiang
(Xia Fei),
217

Xi Zhongxun,
288
,
300–301

Xia Fei,
217

Xia Zeliang,
169
,
180

Xiao Shuli,
18

Xiaonan township, China,
18–19

Xiaoping Chen,
107

Xie Shijie,
215

Xinghai Square,
97–98

Xin Jianwei,
35–36

Xinhua news agency,
120
,
130
,
131–132
,
178
,
220
,
230
,
236
,
249
,
286

Xinjiang, China,
214

Xu Ming

     
arrest of,
230

     
Bo Xilai and,
80
,
98
,
148
,
161
,
195
,
223
,
225–230
,
232
,
233
,
276

     
Bo Xilai-Wang Lijun partnership and,
26–27

     
business ventures of,
225–229

     
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and,
230

     
corruption allegations against,
230

     
decadent lifestyle of,
228

     
Gu Kailai and,
98
,
225
,
231

     
health of,
228

     
Heywood, Neil and,
162
,
166

     
Heywood murder and,
45
,
168–169
,
170
,
173
,
223–224

     
soccer and,
226–227
,
229

     
Wang Lijun and,
163
,
164
,
223–224
,
230–231

     
Zhou Yongkang and,
227

Xu Xin,
278

Xueliang Ding,
84–85

Yan Jianhong,
202–203

Yang (Tieling mafia leader),
20

Yang Guifei,
199

Yang Haipeng,
120
,
125
,
282

Yang Rong,
101–102

Yang Shangkun,
59

Yao Yilin,
105

Year of the Dragon,
3–4

Yeung, Benjamin,
101

Yinzhi,
284

Younge,
268

Youth leaguers,
255–257
,
269

     
See also
China Youth League

Yu Jie,
241

Yu Zhengsheng,
300

Yunnan province, China,
11
,
73–74

Zakaria, Fareed,
247

Zeng Qinghong,
148

Zhang Chunxian,
210

Zhang Dawei,
237

Zhang Dejiang,
282–283

Zhang Jun,
29–30

Zhang Peili,
234
,
235

Zhang Sizhi,
283

Zhang Tao,
29

Zhang Weijie,
98
,
99

Zhang Xiaojun,
130
,
169–170
,
174
,
183
,
187

Zhang Yesui,
234

Zhang Ziyi,
149
,
278–279

Zhao Xiangcha,
178–179

Zhao Ziyang,
93
,
122
,
216
,
218
,
239
,
243
,
253
,
258
,
286
,
308

Zheng Xiaoyu,
142

Zheng Xie,
155

Zhou Enlai,
114
,
249

Zhou Haiying,
216

Zhou Lijun,
16
,
22–23

Zhou Yongkang,
299

     
Bo Xilai and,
27
,
56
,
74
,
76
,
80
,
210–211
,
213
,
220
,
221–222
,
273

     
criticism of,
220–221

     
Heywood murder and,
196

     
Jiang Zemin and,
217–218

     
legacy of,
222–223

     
Ling Jihua scandal and,
266–267

     
oil industry and,
214–215

     
in Panjin,
25

     
police reform and,
217

     
Politburo Standing Committee and,
25
,
217–218
,
219
,
221–222

     
Politics and Law Commission and,
218–220

     
as Sichuan party secretary,
215–217

     
Tibetans, treatment of by,
216–217

     
Wang Lijun and,
25
,
49
,
56
,
58
,
211
,
212–213
,
220

     
womanizing and,
210
,
212
,
213
,
215

     
Xi Jingping and,
55
,
211
,
212

     
in Xinjiang,
214

     
Xu Ming and,
227

Zhou Yuhao,
177

Zhu De,
115
,
249

Zhu Rongji,
221
,
239
,
257
,
268
,
289
,
312

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