Beijing Adult Entertainment: Focus on rising Chinese political star Bo
BEIJING — China’s ruling elite gather this week for the year’s biggest political event and the buzz is mainly about one especially savvy player, the son of a revolutionary who’s reaped national acclaim by targeting gang leaders and corrupt police.
Chongqing Communist Party boss Bo Xilai is riding a wave of popularity for the anti-gang crusade in the boisterous Yangtze River city that saw dozens of law enforcement officials arrested for collusion. State media have gushed about Bo’s resolve in editorials.
The party’s official People’s Daily newspaper named him “Man of the Year” in an online poll, and a homemade music video by an unemployed crooner that popped up on the Internet last month praised Bo as “someone to count on.”
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But the massive crackdown on gangsters running the city’s gambling, prostitution and loan sharking syndicates captivated state media attention and burnished Bo’s political star. Most cheering for the public was that local officials who protected the games, including a police chief, were arrested and put on trial.
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