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Mr Bo was removed from his post in March 2012 
  
 China has charged disgraced politician Bo Xilai with bribery, corruption and abuse of power, state media say. 
  
 Bo Xilai, formerly the Communist Party chief of Chongqing, was expelled from the party after a scandal surrounding the murder of a British businessman. 
  
 His wife Gu Kailai was jailed in August for the killing of the Briton, Neil Heywood. 
  
 Mr Bo was charged by prosecutors on Thursday in Jinan in Shandong province, state media said. 
  
 The Bo Xilai scandal, which exposed corruption claims and infighting at the top of the Communist Party, was one of the biggest to rock China in years. 
  
 Mr Bo had taken advantage of his office to accept an "extremely large amount" of money and properties, state-run news agency Xinhua said, citing the indictment paper. 
  
 He is also charged with embezzling public money, Xinhua said. 
  
 Murder investigation 
  
 The sending of the formal indictment to a court in the city of Jinan suggests the trial is now imminent, the BBC's John Sudworth in Shanghai reports. 
  
 However, no trial date has been announced yet. 
  
 Neil Heywood was a consultant to foreign businesses seeking investment in China 
  
 It is common for high-profile political trials to take place in provinces away from where the accused is based, as they are considered more likely to gain beneficial treatment in their home province. 
  
 Mr Bo's wife Gu Kailai was tried in a court in Hefei, Anhui province, far from Chongqing. 
  
 Mr Bo was previously considered a rising star in the Communist Party, and one of the country's most powerful officials. 
  
 However, he came under criticism after his former police chief, Wang Lijun, fled to the US consulate in Chengdu in February 2012, spending a day there. 
  
 Wang made allegations about British businessman Neil Heywood's death while at the consulate, reports said. 
  
 Heywood had died in Chongqing the previous year. The Wang Lijun incident prompted an investigation into his death. 
  
 Analysis So the stage has been set for the trial of a man who was once one of China's most powerful and - rare in the grey-suited world of Communist Party politics - charismatic politicians. Of course, some have suggested that it was that charisma, coupled with the unique brand of populist politics he practised in Chongqing, that may have earned him powerful enemies all too willing to hasten his demise. Having been stripped of his party positions more than a year ago, it has since been a question of not if, but when Bo Xilai will be convicted, as per the norms of Communist Party justice. The publishing of the indictment means that the trial is now imminent and the country's new leaders have judged the timing to be right for such a politically sensitive trial, perhaps wanting to get it out of the way ahead of the big economic planning meeting in the autumn. But it is still risky. Mr Bo's fall has highlighted cracks in the Communist Party edifice. A commentary published by a state-run news agency warns against resistance to the decision, calling on local governments to "defend the authority" of the Beijing leadership. China media: Bo Xilai charges 
  
 Mr Bo was suspected of trying to cover up the murder, and was stripped of his party positions. 
  
 Mr Bo's wife Gu Kailai was charged with Heywood's murder, and given a suspended death sentence, which is usually commuted to life imprisonment in China. 
  
 Wang, meanwhile, was jailed for 15 years for defection, power abuse and bribe taking. 
  
 Populist policies 
  
 Mr Bo was popular in his role as party chief in Chongqing. 
  
 He was known for two high-profile campaigns: a large-scale crackdown on crime, and a drive to promote China's old communist values. 
  
 Despite his charisma, his penchant for the limelight set him apart from other Chinese politicians. 
  
 According to analysts, his ambition and flamboyant style earned him enemies and was considered controversial by party leaders. 
  
 His populist brand of Maoist nostalgia, such as his encouragement of the public singing of old communist songs, was seen as dangerous by China's more reform-minded leaders, our correspondent says. 
  
 On China's microblogs, many users expressed support for the indictment against Mr Bo. 
  
 "The handling of Bo Xilai's serious disciplinary violations has again proved the party's 'zero tolerance' attitude to corruption," a user by the name of God's Drop Shadow wrote on Sina Weibo, a Chinese Twitter-like site. 
  
 "I support President Xi's efforts to fight the tigers when it comes to corruption, and clear corrupt elements for the good of the country and the people," user qixiya0 said. 
  
 Xi Jinping had previously used the terms "tigers" and "flies" to describe corrupt officials at all levels. 
  
 However, evidence of Mr Bo's popularity could still be found online. 
  
 "I don't really understand politics, but from when I first knew of Bo Xilai, my impression of him has been of a leader who would teach young people, just like an elder. Despite what has happened, in my heart he will still be like that," Sina Weibo user Small Ears are the Two Large Flowers in Legends wrote. ||||| BEIJING—Chinese authorities formally charged former Communist Party highflier Bo Xilai with corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power on Thursday, setting the stage for a trial in a scandal that exposed alleged corruption and political infighting in the top echelons of China's ruling party. 
  
 Chinese authorities charged former Communist official Bo Xilai with corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power.The WSJ's Jake Lee speaks with Brian Spegele about what to expect for the trial in August. 
  
 The indictment was filed Thursday in a court in the city of Jinan, in China's eastern Shandong province, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. It didn't specify a date. 
  
 The indictment accuses Mr. Bo of taking advantage of his position "to seek profits for others" and accepting an "extremely large amount" in money and property, Xinhua said. "He also embezzled a huge amount of public money and abused his power, seriously harming the interests of the state and people," the indictment said, according to Xinhua. Mr. Bo had been informed of his legal rights and interviewed by prosecutors, Xinhua said. 
  
 The news agency didn't immediately provide additional details. But an internal document issued by the party's General Office said Mr. Bo would be tried on charges of taking 20 million yuan ($3.2 million) in bribes via his wife, embezzling five million yuan, and abusing power, said a party official who received the document on Wednesday. The trial would start shortly, the official said. 
  
 A trial should begin in mid- or late August, another person directly involved in the case said Wednesday. In the case of Mr. Bo's wife, who last year was convicted of murdering a British businessman close to the family, and in the case of a former Bo deputy convicted last year for his role in the scandal, the trial occurred within weeks of the indictment. 
  
 That person said it wasn't possible to confirm the precise charges, as the official indictment hadn't been published, but that they were likely to include bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. "That's not far off," the person said. 
  
 Mr. Bo has been in detention since April 2012. Authorities could alter their plans at any point, in a system where the party leadership controls police, prosecutors and judges and dictates the outcome of politically sensitive cases. Several other national and local officials declined to comment or said they had no information about the matter. 
  
 WSJ Documentary The fall of Bo Xilai, once a rising star in Chinese politics, has plunged the country into its biggest crisis since Tiananmen Square. In this documentary, The Wall Street Journal examines how his downfall has altered the debate about China's future. 
  
 Mr. Bo's long-awaited trial is expected to be the final set piece of a scandal that exposed alleged corruption, abuse of power and bitter rivalries within China's political elite in the sensitive run-up to last year's once-a-decade shake-up of the party's top leadership. 
  
 Concluding the scandal has been one of the most delicate political challenges facing Xi Jinping, China's new leader, who needs to maintain a balance between Mr. Bo's supporters and opponents while satisfying public demands for justice, said party insiders, analysts and diplomats. 
  
 The issue was complicated for several months by Mr. Bo's refusal to cooperate with the investigation, said several people familiar with the matter. Mr. Bo has been unavailable for comment since his detention last year. Shortly before his detention, Mr. Bo defended his record of service and rejected allegations of corruption in his family. 
  
 China's Leadership Purge See the key players in the scandal, and convictions. View Graphics Timeline: Chongqing Drama View a timeline of the Bo Xilai scandal that has rocked China's political elite. View Graphics The Wall Street Journal View a timeline of the Bo Xilai scandal that has rocked China's political elite. 
  
 Before the scandal, Mr. Bo was the popular Communist Party chief of the western city of Chongqing, a member of the Politburo—the party's top 25 leaders—and a front-runner for promotion to the narrower Politburo Standing Committee, the top decision-making body, in last year's leadership change. 
  
 He and his wife, Gu Kailai, were detained after his former police chief in Chongqing sought refuge in the U.S. Consulate in the nearby city of Chengdu in February 2012 and told U.S. diplomats there that Ms. Gu had been involved in the murder of Neil Heywood , a British businessman close to the Bo family. 
  
 Ms. Gu was convicted in August of Mr. Heywood's murder and given a suspended death sentence, which in China is usually commuted to life in prison. She couldn't be reached for comment on her case or on the charges against Mr. Bo. 
  
 The former Chongqing police chief, Wang Lijun , was convicted in September and sentenced to 15 years in prison for defection, abuse of power, bribe-taking and "bending the law for selfish ends." 
  
 In September, China's leadership expelled Mr. Bo from the Communist Party, citing a litany of wrongdoing over his career, including allegedly taking huge bribes, abusing his power during the murder investigation into his wife and engaging in improper sexual relations with several women. Party insiders and political analysts have been waiting for details of the precise charges against Mr. Bo, as an indication both of the likely penalty, and of Mr. Xi's commitment to combat corruption and abuse of power in the party's upper echelons. 
  
 The charges outlined in the document seen by the party official Wednesday were less severe than many analysts, diplomats and party insiders have expected. Corruption cases involving such sums are relatively common in China: Liu Zhijun, a former railways minister, was given a suspended death sentence this month for abuse of power and taking 64.6 million yuan in bribes. 
  
 The document concerning Mr. Bo also said the charges related only to his time as mayor of the northeastern city of Dalian and as Commerce Minister, according to the person who reviewed it. Mr. Bo was Dalian mayor from 1993 to 2000 and commerce minister from 2004 to 2007. 
  
 There was no mention in the document of charges relating to Mr. Bo's tenure as party chief of Chongqing, which began in 2007, the person said. During his tenure he launched a high-profile campaign against organized crime that many lawyers, legal scholars and political analysts said entailed widespread legal abuses and was used to strip uncooperative private entrepreneurs of their businesses. 
  
 Mr. Bo also launched a campaign to revive the collectivist spirit of Chairman Mao Zedong through mass performances of revolutionary songs, which was popular in Chongqing but outraged many victims of the Mao era, including some senior party figures. 
  
 It wasn't immediately clear why Jinan was chosen. Ms. Gu's trial took place in the central city of Hefei, which had no apparent connection to the case. Some party insiders and political analysts suggested Hefei was chosen because local officials there were considered especially loyal to the party leadership. 
  
 Write to Jeremy Page at jeremy.page@wsj.com and Lingling Wei at lingling.wei@wsj.com 
  
 A version of this article appeared July 25, 2013, on page A7 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Fallen Party Highflier Bo Xilai Formally Charged With Corruption. |||||

Nearly a year after his wife was sentenced in the death of a British businessman, former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai is headed for a trial of his own. He has been charged with corruption, bribery, embezzlement, and abuse of power, the BBC reports. The charges accuse Bo of using his job as a Communist Party official to "to seek profits for others," while he himself received an "extremely large amount" of cash and property, the charges say, per the Wall Street Journal. Internal records suggest he'll be tried—probably starting next month, an insider says—for taking $3.2 million in bribes and embezzling $800,000, among other abuses.