Anyone interested in the campaign shenanigans in the United States, or la comédie politique française, might also be intrigued by the political tea leaves now being read in China. A Politburo member, Bo Xilai, who has been called the rock star of Chinese politics, is getting entangled in a strange nighttime appearance at a U.S. Consulate by a colleague, Wang Lijun, who has been called the Eliot Ness of China.

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