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Timeline: Bo Xilai's political career

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Bo Xilai as Mayor of Dalian, during a luncheon in Hong Kong, September 26, 1994. Photo: SCMP

1949 - Dingxiang: early life
Born in Dingxiang County, Shanxi province, the fourth child of prominent Communist Party veteran Bo Yibo.

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1968
Bo, like his father, is jailed for five years during the Cultural Revolution.

1980
Bo Xilai officially becomes a member of the Communist Party of China.

 

1981- Education in Beijing
Bo graduates from the Beijing University Department of History with a Bachelor of Arts in world history.

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He begins graduate studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and earns a Master of Arts in journalism in 1982.

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