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    Sun Zhengcai, Once A Rising Star In China, Gets Life Sentence On Bribery Charges

    The former Communist Party chief in Chongqing was the youngest member of the Politburo and being groomed for the Chinese leadership's inner sanctum when he was arrested in July.
    by Scott Neuman May 08, 2018 1 minute
    Sun Zhengcai, at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, in Beijing in March, four months before his arrest.

    Sun Zhengcai, a former Chinese Politburo member who seemed destined for a top leadership position, has been sentenced to life in prison — the latest senior figure to fall in President Xi Jinping's war on

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