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Published on 08-28-2013 12:42 AM
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By Ai Weiwei
August 27, 2013
Source: Alison Klayman/Sundance Selects via Bloomberg
The just-concluded trial of Bo Xilai will be remembered as one of the most critical political milestones in contemporary Chinese Communist history. For many years after Chairman Mao’s death in 1976, show trials were straightforward affairs. For their role in the devastating Cultural Revolution, the Gang of Four were simply charged with “anti-party activities” and convicted. Today, a political trial needs to take into consideration many more factors.
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