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After Bo Xilai, Slow Justice in “Precarious” Chongqing

The Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore reports slow progress for victims of Bo Xilai’s rule in Chongqing, with large sums of confiscated money being returned but many remaining in prison. Mr Bo may have been brought down, jailed for life in autumn for corruption and abuse of power, but the situation in Chongqing remains precarious, said one former government official in the city, who asked not to be named. Building projects in several districts have been stalled, some