Special: The Bo Xilai I Met

April 19, 2012 13:00

He was once tipped to be one of China's NextGen leaders, someone who would guide the Middle Kingdom's future for the next decade, once the present leadership retired.

In a dramatic saga, unparalleled in contemporary China, Bo Xilai suddenly fell from grace these past weeks, dismissed from all positions in the Communist party, his wife now accused of murder.

Nikhil Lakshman, who met the charismatic Bo a few times, recounts those encounters with a Chinese politician like none other in recent Chinese history.

Read the report on rediff.com.

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