THE trial has begun in the northern Chinese city of Jinan of a former member of the ruling Politburo, Bo Xilai. Jinan, (askanews) - Nessuna clemenza, nessun ripensamento della giustizia cinese sul caso di Bo Xilai. BEIJING: China's Communist Party suspended former high-flying politician Bo Xilai from its top ranks and named his wife, Gu Kailai, as a suspect in the murder of a British businessman, in explosive revelations on Tuesday likely to rattle leadership succession plans. Bo Xilai attends the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People on March 5, in Beijing. The Bo Xilai Affair in Central Leadership Politics Alice Miller From a procedural perspective, the removal of Bo Xilai from Chongqing and from the party Politburo resembles the 2006 purge of Shanghai party boss Chen Liangyu and the 1995 takedown of Beijing City party chief Chen Xitong.