Gu Kailai

A court in eastern China today allowed ousted former senior politician Bo Xilai to appeal against a guilty verdict on charges of corruption and abuse of power handed out last month which earned him a life sentence.

The family's safes held more cash than an average Chinese might see in a lifetime. Their French villa was held through shell companies designed to avoid taxes and publicity. The son gallivanted around the world at huge expense.

Ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai accepted responsibility for 5 million yuan in funds he is accused of embezzling which ended up in his wife's bank account, saying he had let his attention wander, in testimony read out in court on Saturday.

A former city official testified Saturday that he helped disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai embezzle 5 million yuan ($800,000) of government funds, the latest allegation in a politically charged trial that's laid bare tales of greed, machinations and betrayal in one of China's elite families.

Chinese politician Bo Xilai called his wife insane after she testified at his landmark trial today that he knew of money and a villa in the French Riviera that prosecutors say were given to the couple by a businessman friend.

Fallen politician Bo Xilai put up a feisty defence on Thursday as he faced China's most political trial in decades, saying he was framed in one of the bribery charges against him and had admitted to it against his will during interrogation.

Disgraced populist politician Bo Xilai went on trial on Thursday accused of abuse of power and netting more than $4 million in bribery and embezzlement, marking the ruling Communist Party's attempts to put to rest one of China's most lurid political scandals in decades.

China's once-powerful politician Bo Xilai has been indicted for bribery, corruption and abuse of power, the state news agency Xinhua said today.

China's largely rubber stamp parliament has expelled disgraced former senior politician Bo Xilai, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday, paving the way for formal criminal charges to be laid against him.

China's privileged remain privileged even in prison. When Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai, is sent to prison following her conviction for the murder of a British businessman, she's likely to end up in an exclusive jail that has cells with sofas and private bathrooms.

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has sued Hong Kong's leading daily the Apple Daily over reports that she prostituted herself with senior Chinese officers.

China's Communist Party suspended former high-flying politician Bo Xilai from its top ranks and named his wife, Gu Kailai, a suspect in the murder of a British businessman, in revelations on Tuesday likely to shake leadership succession plans.

A court in eastern China today allowed ousted former senior politician Bo Xilai to appeal against a guilty verdict on charges of corruption and abuse of power handed out last month which earned him a life sentence.

The family's safes held more cash than an average Chinese might see in a lifetime. Their French villa was held through shell companies designed to avoid taxes and publicity. The son gallivanted around the world at huge expense.

Ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai accepted responsibility for 5 million yuan in funds he is accused of embezzling which ended up in his wife's bank account, saying he had let his attention wander, in testimony read out in court on Saturday.

A former city official testified Saturday that he helped disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai embezzle 5 million yuan ($800,000) of government funds, the latest allegation in a politically charged trial that's laid bare tales of greed, machinations and betrayal in one of China's elite families.

Chinese politician Bo Xilai called his wife insane after she testified at his landmark trial today that he knew of money and a villa in the French Riviera that prosecutors say were given to the couple by a businessman friend.

Fallen politician Bo Xilai put up a feisty defence on Thursday as he faced China's most political trial in decades, saying he was framed in one of the bribery charges against him and had admitted to it against his will during interrogation.

Disgraced populist politician Bo Xilai went on trial on Thursday accused of abuse of power and netting more than $4 million in bribery and embezzlement, marking the ruling Communist Party's attempts to put to rest one of China's most lurid political scandals in decades.

China's once-powerful politician Bo Xilai has been indicted for bribery, corruption and abuse of power, the state news agency Xinhua said today.

China's largely rubber stamp parliament has expelled disgraced former senior politician Bo Xilai, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday, paving the way for formal criminal charges to be laid against him.

China's privileged remain privileged even in prison. When Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai, is sent to prison following her conviction for the murder of a British businessman, she's likely to end up in an exclusive jail that has cells with sofas and private bathrooms.

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has sued Hong Kong's leading daily the Apple Daily over reports that she prostituted herself with senior Chinese officers.

China's Communist Party suspended former high-flying politician Bo Xilai from its top ranks and named his wife, Gu Kailai, a suspect in the murder of a British businessman, in revelations on Tuesday likely to shake leadership succession plans.