PARLIAMENT HILL, Ottawa—Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s meetings with Chinese officials runs the gamut of potential leaders in the Chinese Communist Party, but his final stop in Chongqing will bring him face-to-face with a disgraced former minister whose persecution of Falun Gong cost him a promotion, according to leaked U.S. diplomatic cables.
Former Commerce Minister Bo Xilai was angling for Vice Premier when he got shot down by Wen Jiabao at the 17th Party Congress because of international lawsuits filed against Bo by Falun Gong practitioners around the world.
