China crisis

Bo's downfall seen from Korean perspective

Sacked from his post as a Communist Party boss of a municipality, suspended from the party's powerful politburo

his son indulges in luxurious life overseas
relatives accumulate huge fortunes

the string of allegations that erupted
Bo Xilai fell from grace to  shame
prompting Koean media outlets to rush to print..
probabley the most serious crisis for China's fro China's Communist leadership since the 1989 Tiananmen square massacre..
Koreans seem to read sensational news stories with unfailing interest but hardly show any particular reation..

keeping a close watch on the China situation, conscious of the "special relations" between Korea and China, the wold's most populous country.

More than anythign, Beijing's anachronistic one-party autocracy  often becomes the subject of mockery.
an economic miracle and political developmetn in a short span of time, Korea maybe entilteld to tell Chian about democracy.
it turbulent modern histoy,
the inevitability may be understood.
embrace a pluralistic democray..

escalate into a fierce power struggle
the extent of its severity

falls into a downturn

none but China has the political clout to restrain North Korea

a fresh task