NEWS FROM THE FIELD OF TRAVEL
Date: 03 July 1949
By DIANA RICE
Diana RICE
Bicentennial plans
Bo Xilai (Chinese: 薄熙来; pinyin: Bó Xīlái; born 3 July 1949) is a Chinese former politician who was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges. He came to prominence through his tenures as Mayor of Dalian and then the governor of Liaoning. From 2004 to November 2007, he served as Minister of Commerce. Between 2007 and 2012, he served as a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Party Secretary of Chongqing, a direct-administered municipality under the central government. He was generally considered the main political opponent of Xi Jinping before Xi became the paramount leader of China.
He is the son of former Chinese Vice Premier Bo Yibo. He cultivated a casual and charismatic image in a marked departure from Chinese political convention. In Chongqing, Bo initiated a campaign against organized crime, increased spending on welfare programs, maintained consistent double-digit percentage GDP growth, and campaigned to revive Cultural Revolution-era "red culture". Bo's promotion of egalitarian values and the achievements of his "Chongqing model" made him the champion of the Chinese New Left, composed of both Maoists and social democrats disillusioned with the country's market-based economic reforms and increasing economic inequality. However, the perceived lawlessness of Bo's anti-corruption campaigns, coupled with concerns about the personality cult, made him a controversial figure.
Bo was considered a likely candidate for promotion to the elite CCP Politburo Standing Committee at the 18th Party Congress in 2012. However, his political fortunes came to an abrupt end following the Wang Lijun incident, in which his top lieutenant and police chief sought asylum at the American consulate in Chengdu. Wang claimed to have information about the involvement of Bo and his wife Gu Kailai in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, who allegedly had close financial ties to the two. In the fallout, Bo was removed as the CCP Committee secretary of Chongqing and lost his seat on the Politburo. He was later stripped of all his positions and lost his seat at the National People's Congress and eventually expelled from the party. In 2013, Bo was found guilty of corruption, stripped of all his assets and sentenced to life imprisonment. He is incarcerated at Qincheng Prison.
اقرأ المزيد...كان ٣ يوليو ١٩٤٩ الأحد تحت علامة النجمة ♋. كان هذا هو يوم 183 من السنة. كان رئيس الولايات المتحدة Harry S. Truman.
إذا كنت قد ولدت في هذا اليوم ، فأنت تبلغ٪ s سنة. كان عيد ميلادك الأخير في 76 ، الخميس، ٣ يوليو ٢٠٢٥ يوم مضى. عيد ميلادك القادم في 75 ، بعد الجمعة، ٣ يوليو ٢٠٢٦ يوم. لقد عشت لمدة 289 يوم ، أو حوالي ٢٧٬٨٣٤ ساعة ، أو حوالي ٦٦٨٬٠٢٣ دقيقة ، أو حوالي ٤٠٬٠٨١٬٤٣٩ ثانية.
Date: 03 July 1949
By DIANA RICE
Diana RICE
Bicentennial plans
Date: 03 July 1949
By JACK RAYMOND
Jack RAYMOND
Beloff, M: Foreign Policy of Soviet Russia
Date: 04 July 1949
By DANA ADAMS SCHMIDT
Dana SCHMIDT
Date: 04 July 1949
Date: 03 July 1949
eligibility rules
Date: 03 July 1949
By LEWIS FUNKE
Lewis FUNKE
Date: 03 July 1949
By KENT B. STILES
Pakistan: 1st anniv of A Jinnah death commems planned
Date: 03 July 1949
cartoon on effects of US-USSR conflict