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See other Resistance ArticlesTitle: Bo Xilai's 'interview' with Japanese media 'bizarre': scholars
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Published: May 13, 2012
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Post Date: 2012-05-15 06:05:38 by Tatarewicz
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Former Chongqing Communist Party chief Bo Xilai's recent interview with an obscure Japanese media was a "bizarre" move arranged by Beijing's top leaders, reported the Voice of America (VOA) Sunday, citing Taiwanese scholars. Lin Chong-pin, a professor of international affairs at Tamkang University and a former deputy defense minister, said the interview was the latest move by China's top leaders -- President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao -- to push for political reform and signal to the outside world their confidence in handling Bo's case properly, according to VOA. The interview, which Lin said was agreed upon by Chinese authorities in advance, also indicated that Bo will be dealt with separately from his wife Gu Kailai, who is suspected of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood. Wong Ming-hsien, chair of the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies at Tamkang University, told the VOA that the interview, if genuine, meant that Beijing had changed its attitude toward Bo. From initially insisting on harshly prosecuting him, the authorities now seem to be leaving open the possibility that Bo's case could be handled in other ways, Wong said. With China facing so many thorny issues, including the case of blind dissident Chen Guangcheng, a sovereignty dispute with the Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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