Beijing (CNN) -- Wang Kang looks every bit what he is: a Chinese scholar. With his Confucian beard, graying hair and a deep, resonant voice enunciating Putonghua tones, he epitomizes gravitas. But it's not his appearance so much as the power of his story. For Wang is one of the few insiders who dare to speak publicly about something most people in China only whisper about: the fall of the man once touted as a potential Chinese president. "I know I'm taking a little risk by agreeing to this interview," he says. "Several foreign media have told me they cannot find one single person to speak in the vast city of Chongqing. No one dares go public. This is sad."
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Wang Kang is personally familiar with the people at the center of the Bo Xilai scandal
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Bo was widely tipped to be a future president of China
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He says Bo's crackdown in Chongqing went too far, with torture commonplace
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Wang: Demise of Chongqing party chief may be good for China itself
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