https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/04/28/enough-with-the-china-envy/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:23:25 -0400<![CDATA[The Bo scandal shows the Chinese system to be as thoroughly rotten as one would expect of a kleptocratic police state. What is unusual is only that it wasn’t kept under wraps. The country is run by a small number of Mafia-style families jostling with one another for power and profits. China’s power brokers are quasi-feudal lords with networks of cronies grasping all that they can. The sisters of Gu Kailai, Bo’s wife, controlled a $126 million network of international businesses, according to Bloomberg News. They got rich on the families-and-friends program.]]>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:50:48 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/04/28/enough-with-the-china-envy-n279321