When former Chongqing Communist Party boss Bo Xilai was stripped of his positions in the party in April following his former right-hand man’s attempt to seek asylum at a U.S. consulate, the news blared across the front pages of nearly every newspaper in China. Not so with Thursday night’s announcement that Mr. Bo’s wife, Gu Kailai, had been formally indicted on charges of murdering a British businessman.
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