Pin Ho

Corruption. Embezzlement. Misuse of power. The trial of China’s ex-Politburo member Bo Xilai has ended with a life sentence.

While all eyes were on Bo Xilai’s show trial, Chinese authorities moved against one of his allies, the former internal security tsar. Wenguang Huang and Pin Ho report on the secret investigation.

<p>With the spectacular show trial for corruption of disgraced leader Bo Xilai now concluded, Wenguang Huang and Pin Ho write on the strange and eerie parallels with Bo’s own father’s purging under Mao. Their new book is <i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Death-Lucky-Holiday-Hotel-Struggle/dp/1610392736/">A Death in the Lucky Holiday Hotel</a></i>.</p>

<p>The disgraced former top Chinese official is on trial for bribery and embezzlement, but he’s not going quietly. Is that all part of the show? Wenguang Huang and Pin Ho, authors of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Death-Lucky-Holiday-Hotel-Struggle/dp/1610392736/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1377257609&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=wenguang+huang" target="_blank">A Death in the Lucky Holiday Hotel</a>,</i> report.</p>