The Bo Xilai trial was named “the trial of the decade” by media outlets worldwide and no-one followed it more closely than China’s sharp netizens.
As the world learned of love affairs, allegations of embezzlement, French villas and surprising details related to the lives of China’s leaders, netizens took the time to sum up the frequency of various keywords mentioned during the trial.
According to the findings, 154,000 words were recorded by the courts. What’s more, Bo Xilai spoke 356 times, of which phrases like “don’t know”, “not sure”, “doesn’t exist”, “not credible” and “mental disorder” were cited every 3.6 times on average. The word “money” was mentioned 313 times and US Dollars was mentioned more often than Renminbi. “Corruption” was mentioned 67 times, “Embezzlement” 58 times and “Abuse of power” 49 times. Also, the years 2000, 2002 and 2012 seemed to be key years and were mentioned most often during the trial.
Source: Weibo.com
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I knew Bo Xilai while living in Chongqing. I liked him. I had no idea, if the charges are true, that he was involved in such things. I guess I was very naive during our friendship. I am embarrassed.
Aug 28, 2013 20:49 Report Abuse
Every government worker from the lowliest farmington jerkwater secretary to Chairman Xi dip their hand in the till. That's just the way business is done in China; it doesn't necessarily make them bad people--they do what they have to do to get by (the official salary of most officials is 6,000 RMB a month). I can certainly say that for everything wrong with Bo Xilai, he dreamed of a safer, cleaner China and he made it happen in Chongqing. Did he take bribes and use organized crime connections to clean up the city? Absolutely. But I will be the first to say, he's only standing trial because he's Chairman Xi's political enemy. Just like Glaxo Smith Kline which happens to be run by a powerful and outspoken pro-democracy family got audited for corrupt practices that go on every day in this country. Bo Xilai is not Robin Hood. He's not some saint. But his political record shows he really cared about this country and wanted to see it change for the better. Ten years from now his name will be mentioned in the same breath as Lin Biao and Liu Shaoqi.
Aug 29, 2013 06:14 Report Abuse
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