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| Bo Xilai 'removed' from Chongqing post: China state media | Bo Xilai 'removed' from Chongqing post: China state media |
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| China has removed Bo Xilai from his post as Chongqing's Communist Party leader, state media Xinhua news reports. | China has removed Bo Xilai from his post as Chongqing's Communist Party leader, state media Xinhua news reports. |
| The 62-year-old was a strong contender for promotion to China's top rungs when the party changes its leadership later this year. | The 62-year-old was a strong contender for promotion to China's top rungs when the party changes its leadership later this year. |
| However, a scandal erupted when his former chief of police spent a day at a United States consulate last month. | |
| Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang will replace Mr Bo, said the Xinhua report. | Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang will replace Mr Bo, said the Xinhua report. |
| The move comes just a day after the end of the country's annual parliamentary session, the National People's Congress (NPC), when Mr Bo's absence from a meeting sparked speculations about his future. | |
| After a long silence, he spoke last week about the incident with ex-police chief Wang Lijun, answering questions from journalists at a meeting on the sidelines of the NPC. | |
| He said he had not imagined Mr Wang would run off. It came suddenly, Mr Bo said. | He said he had not imagined Mr Wang would run off. It came suddenly, Mr Bo said. |
| "I feel like I put my trust in the wrong person," he added, speaking at a meeting of Chongqing delegates to the parliament, officially called the National People's Congress (NPC). | "I feel like I put my trust in the wrong person," he added, speaking at a meeting of Chongqing delegates to the parliament, officially called the National People's Congress (NPC). |
| Mr Wang's visit to the US consulate in the city of Chengdu sparked rumours that he had intended to defect. State media reported that he was on vacation to recuperate from stress. | |
| Mr Wang, who led the crackdown on organised crime in Chongqing that propelled both him and his boss into the limelight, was later placed under police investigation for the incident. | |
| Premier Wen Jiabao, answering a question at a news conference on Wednesday at the closing of the NPC session, said ''progress'' had been made in the investigations, but did not reveal details. | |
| He said local authorities must ''seriously'' reflect and learn from the incident and that Beijing regarded this ''very seriously''. |