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Gu Kailai

Chinese lawyer
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  • Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai

    Both Bo and Gu came from prominent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) families and thus were part of the generation of “princelings” who had succeeded their parents as China’s elite. Bo’s father was Bo Yibo, one of the “Eight Immortals” who oversaw China’s reform and modernization efforts in the…

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    Both Bo and Gu came from prominent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) families and thus were part of the generation of “princelings” who had succeeded their parents as China’s elite. Bo’s father was Bo Yibo, one of the “Eight Immortals” who oversaw China’s reform and modernization efforts in the…

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