Case will test new leadership’s resolve in clampdown as Bo Xilai’s trial date set

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Bo trial not until March: China state media

AFP – Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai will not stand trial until March at the earliest, state media said Monday, as dozens of journalists descended on a court rumoured to be hearing his case this week. Speculation mounted last Friday that details of the biggest scandal to hit the ruling Communist Party.

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