The Dalian Business: How Gu Kailai Turned Persecution Into Profit

The trial of Gu Kailai for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood had not considered the real reasons for the crime, which are tied up in a 13-year-long collaboration in profiting from the bodies of Falun Gong practitioners.

Chinese dissection experts prepare a human body at the Von Hagens Plastination factory in Dalian, on Feb. 2, 2004. Von Hagens opened the first plastination factory in Dalian, but was soon followed by several imitators. STR/AFP/Getty Images

Policemen stand guard outside the Intermediate People's Court in Hefei City, Anhui Province, on Aug. 10. Gu Kailai was tried here for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywoord. Peter Parks/AFP/GettyImages

The trial of Chinese billionaire Gu Kailai for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood has been a sort of show trial. The point of the drama has been to hide great criminality rather than to publicize it.