“His advantage was his confidence, but his disadvantage was that he was too confident” said a source, who was describing Bo Xilai’s personality.
China’s Communist Party has suspended former high-flying politician Bo Xilai from its top ranks and named his wife a suspect in the murder of a British businessman, a dramatic turn in a scandal shaking leadership succession plans.
The decision to banish Bo from the Central Committee and its Politburo effectively ends the career of China’s brashest and most controversial politician, widely seen as pressing for a top post in China’s next leadership to be settled later this year. April 2012
