ORVILLE SCHELL, director, Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations: “Well, I think, quite apart from any charges of corruption which may be proven against him, I think his real affront was that he was incredibly flamboyant.
And rather than just cultivating a network of support within the leadership, he reached out and started cultivating support amongst sort of the populace in a very popular — or populist manner.”
via China’s Leadership Had ‘Knives Out’ for Bo Xilai | PBS NewsHour | April 11, 2012 | PBS.