By David Cohen
The political calm that traditionally attends a succession year in China has gone from fractured to shattered with Wednesday’s announcement that disgraced Politburo member Bo Xilai has been removed from his remaining posts and is being implicated in a murder.
Bo’s career ended about a month ago with removal from his main role as Party chief of Chongqing, but the latest news closes off the possibility of a quiet exit – the Communist Party’s leaders have evidently decided that his downfall will be very final and very public.
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