Chinese Regime

Bo Xilai’s Purge Undoes Jiang’s Faction

Jiang Zemin’s faction continued to try to save the disgraced Bo Xilai, and Hu Jintao has now defeated them. The next step is up to Hu.
Bo Xilai’s Purge Undoes Jiang’s Faction
Chinese President Hu Jintao. Hu Jintao has defeated Jiang’s faction and has hung the charge of “other discipline violations” over their heads like the sword of Damocles. Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images
Zhang Tianliang
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Former Party head Jiang Zemin’s faction was not able to cut ties with the disgraced Bo Xilai, and the current Party head Hu Jintao’s moves against Bo have set the stage for finishing off that faction. To what end is not yet clear.

The axe fell on former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai on Sept. 28, when he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and brought up on criminal charges.

Zhang Tianliang
Zhang Tianliang
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Dr. Zhang Tianliang is a professor at Fei Tian College and the librettist for Shen Yun Performing Arts operas. He is a prolific writer, historian, film producer, screenwriter, and thinker. He co-authored several books on communism that have been translated into over 20 languages. He is the founder of NPO Tianliang Alliance. Follow him on YouTube @TianLiangTimes
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