Table of Contents
Authors' Note vii
Cast of Characters xi
Prologue xiii
Part I The Fate of a Kuli 1
The Stranger's Phone Call
The Unexpected Visitor
"The Iron Blooded Police Spirit"
"Professor Wang Lijun"
The Slap in the Face
US Consulate Under Siege
"Inviting the Gentleman to the Urn"
Part II The Princelings 71
Sitting Tight on the Fishing Boat
"Hello, Dear, It's Your Wife Calling"
The Red Concentration Camp
The Princelings
"The City of Double Happiness"
The Final Push
The Dismissal
Like Father, Like Son
Secret Investigation
Part III Poisonous Water 151
The Girl Butcher
A Death at the Lucky Holiday Hotel
The Non-Trial of the Century
Legal Experts Ask: Did Gu Kailai Kill Neil Heywood?
An Insidious Man
From China with Love
Poisonous Water
Part IV The Victor Is King and the Loser a Bandit 207
The Resilient Loser: China's Security Czar
The Billionaire Loser: Bo Xilai's Secret Wallet
The Unexpected Loser: "People's Premier" or the "King of Showbiz"?
Hu Is a Loser: The President and his Chief of Staff
The Ultimate Loser: "We'll Never Allow him to Walk Out Alive"
The Backstage Winner: Long Live the King Father
The Winner Is … "Hail to the New Chief"
Index 319