[Note: a revised edition of this was originally scheduled to be published in an upcoming newsletter but I have (temporarily) moved back to Shanghai and think all this information should be pushed to a broader audience]
On March 15 Bo Xilai, a prominent Party secretary was publicly sacked. A week later rumors of a coup were reported to have taken place by Bo’s allies in Zhongnanhai, the central leadership compound in Beijing. Several days later a Ferrari crashed at 4am in the morning in Beijing but was immediately scrubbed from the media, prompting speculation that it was possibly driven by Bo’s playboy son. And earlier this week Bo Xilai was officially removed from the Politburo while simultaneously his wife was arrested in connection to the murder of a British expat.
Quite a wild month.
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