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April 26, 2012

Will China's Crisis Provoke Democratic Reform?

Korea Times, Korea Times

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Sacked from his post as Communist Party boss of a municipality, suspended from the party’s powerful politburo, his wife is suspected of killing a foreign businessman, his son indulges in a luxurious life overseas and relatives accumulate huge fortunes.

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