I got the impression that Bo was a poster child for the Chinese Communist equivalent of "corporatist robber barons" .... to borrow some phrasing from the new ruling members in the novel Animal Farm: "Four legs good, two legs better!"
Striking him down by whatever means necessary (lucky tragedy there) .... the consensus people recover their edge.
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The prevailing consensus has always been that the local politicians are corrupt, while those at the top are relatively less corrupt, or almost noble even. This scandal has the potential to shatter that myth and the Party is naturally very anxious to make sure the public anger over the fallout doesn't turn into a China Spring.
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That's been my "post-Mao" view up to this point at least.
