Editorial Board: The rule of law proves evasive in China

A GLANCE AT THE news from China on Friday might suggest a political system reacting properly to high-level wrongdoing. The former boss of Chongqing, Bo Xilai, once one of China?s most powerful regional figures, was expelled from the Communist Party and, according to official news media, faces charges of corruption. Earlier, Mr. Bo?s wife was convicted and given a suspended death sentence for the murder of a British businessman. Mr. Bo is a son of one of the party?s revolutionary founders, so his punishment must have been an agonizing decision for the secretive party clique that rules China.

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