Bo Xilai · Full chronicle and history

In the 1990s, when Bo Xilai was mayor of Dalian, Xi Jinping made a special visit to learn about city management experience; Bo Xilai shared the trick of “speculative land buying” and predicted that the two would eventually become enemies.

U.S. President Trump welcomed Xi Jinping and his wife at Andrews Joint Base early on September 24th, Beijing time, showing a certain diplomatic courtesy.

The CCP made a strange request before the Trump‑Xi meeting, hoping the US would postpone arms sales to Taiwan to save face for Xi Jinping, showing the CCP regime's extreme emphasis on “face”.

At a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, Hu Haifeng, Vice Minister of Civil Affairs, made a rare appearance and spoke highly of the development of the charity sector, which is interpreted as a political signal.

Account "New Highland" on X posted that during Xi Jinping's visit, Qincheng Prison suddenly increased personnel, implemented double alert duty, and prohibited visits, sparking external speculation.

In Caoxia Village, Wanlongshan Township, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi, a single pole has 84 surveillance cameras mounted, only one of which works while the rest are decorative, turning it into a popular internet‑famous check‑in spot for the local camping base.

Changsha has started a large-scale crackdown on e-bikes. Online rumors claim the trigger was a delivery worker colliding with the Deputy Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee. The official notification did not respond to the rumors.

According to revelations, on September 15th, the Deputy Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee was allegedly knocked down by an electric bicycle ridden by a delivery worker while on a private visit in disguise during his vacation, triggering a subsequent large-scale rectification campaign.

Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli were officially announced to be investigated for “seriously trampling and undermining the Chairman’s responsibility system of the Central Military Commission”, indicating intense power struggles at the top.

In 2025, the military newspaper continuously published eight commentary articles, involving expressions such as "enfeoffing wives and promoting sons," "loyalty to an individual," and "running a family dynasty."

Bo Xilai's son Bo Guagua married the daughter of a hospital family from Yilan, Taiwan in 2024 and publicly pleaded for his parents.

Xi Jinping had his last face-to-face meeting with Bo Xilai in Qincheng Prison. The two discussed power struggles and women, with Bo Xilai lamenting his loss.

On March 14, 2012, Wen Jiabao delivered a speech at the Two Sessions Chinese and foreign press conference, emphasizing that without political structural reform, economic structural reform cannot succeed, and warning that the tragedy of the Cultural Revolution could happen again.

On March 15, 2012, Bo Xilai was dismissed from his post as secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the CCP, and three days later Ling Gu died in a car accident in Beijing. These two incidents became critical turning points in the restructuring of the top leadership power structure of the Chinese Communist Party on the eve of the 18th National Congress.

Wang Lijun, disguised, fled and broke into the US Consulate in Chengdu, marking the collapse of Bo Xilai's political empire.

On the eve of the 18th National Congress power transition and around the downfall of Bo Xilai, The New York Times published an investigative report revealing that Wen Jiabao's family controlled $2.7 billion in hidden wealth.

US FBI official Sarah submitted an encrypted email to Xi Jinping detailing Wang Lijun's monitoring of calls between central leaders. Upon learning of this, Xi Jinping decided to handle the matter personally.

At the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi Jinping, with a narrow advantage, entered the Politburo Standing Committee along with Li Keqiang, becoming Hu Jintao's successor, while Bo Xilai only made it to the Politburo.

Deng Xiaoping delivered his southern tour speeches, emphasizing that development is of overriding importance, while reiterating the need to consistently uphold the Four Cardinal Principles and oppose bourgeois liberalization.

On the eve of the June Fourth (Tiananmen) crackdown, Zhao Ziyang drafted a telegram requesting Wan Li to return to China and convene the NPC Standing Committee to veto the martial law decree. Wen Jiabao, director of the General Office of the CCP Central Committee, suppressed the telegram and prevented it from being sent on the grounds that the procedures were not compliant.

In 1985, Wen Jiabao was selected as the Director of the CCP Central Committee General Office, managing core state secrets for eight years and experiencing multiple major political struggles among the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

In the spring of 1979, Xi Jinping and Bo Xilai met by chance in Beijing's Yuanyuan Tan Park. The two recalled their respective difficult experiences, and Bo Xilai even took Xi Jinping to a gathering of princelings.

Wen Jiabao, who graduated with a graduate degree in 1968, was labeled a rightist and sent to a farm in Jiuquan, Gansu for a year of reform-through-labor after speaking out against physical violence at a struggle session.