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China is being urged to reopen an investigation into the death of a British businessman who had close connections to purged Chinese official Bo Xilai. Neil Heywood died last November at a hotel in Chongqing. Police and authorities investigating the case say he died from “excessive alcohol consumption”, but now suspicions have been heightened following Bo Xilai’s dismissal and possible connections with ex-police chief Wang Lijun.

full story at: Newswatch: ‘Suspicious death’ of Briton with links to Bo Xilai.

Ma Wen, Most Wanted Chinese Playing Cards’ Ace of Hearts, China’s head of National Bureau of Corruption Prevention fired 12 Communist Party officials “for dereliction of duty and misuse of earthquake relief.” This from Robert Vance, a Blogger in China posting the CNN ‘s article.

China Declares War on an Old Nemesis

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At a  Communist Party of China press conference a bold reporter asked “Pollution and land disputes in China are getting worse. Social conflicts appear to be escalating. Could you release the latest figures regarding these social conflicts?”

The last part of the official’s response, before walking away, was ..“Now in China, the economy grows, there is social progress and the people enjoy higher and higher living standards. The people are satisfied. Thank you.”

According to McClatchy blog: China Rises this was in November when discussions took place over who would replace Hu Jintao after his term was up in 2012

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Our sister site Beijing Rummy has images of poker hands, with examples from the best combination to the weakest combination. They are of course using cards from the Most Wanted Chinese Playing cards deck.

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Majikthise did some excellent reporting on Efraim Diveroli and Michael Diveroli. Two guys who were caught selling illegal Chinese arms to the US military. What a couple of dummies.-These guys are not in our Most wanted Chinese Playing Cards deck.

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52 most wanted Communist Party members in the original $10 Most Wanted Chinese Playing Cards deck. To see an image click the camera icon - please note that the actual cards are printed in much higher detail.

1. Hu Jintao – Paramount Leader People’s Republic of China
2. Wu Bangguo – Chairman Standing Committee National People’s Congress
3. Wen Jiabao – Premier of the State Council
4. Xi Jinping – Vice President People’s Republic of China
5. Liu Yandong – Vice-chairperson Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
6. Zhou Yongkang – Secretary of CPC Central Political and Legislative Committee
7. Li Keqiang – Executive Vice-Premier PRC
8. Chen Bingde – Chief of Staff People’s Liberation Army
9. Wu Shuangzhan – Commander-in-chief China’s Armed Police Force
10. Liang Guanglie – Minister of National Defense
11. Xu Caihou – Vice Chairman Central Military Commission PRC
12. Guo Boxiong – Vice Chairman Central Military Commission CCP and PRC
13. Geng Huichang – Minister of State Security
14. Li Changchun – Chief of Propaganda
15. Liu Yunshan – Director of the Department of Propaganda
16. He Guoqiang – Chief Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
17. Ma Wen – Director National Bureau of Corruption Prevention
18. Jiang Weixin – Minister National Development and Reform Commission
19. Yu Zhengsheng – Party Chief of Shanghai
20. Zhang Qingli – Secretary CPC Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee
21. Qiangba Puncog – Chairman Tibet Autonomous Region
22. Zhou Shengxian – Director State Environmental Protection Administration
23. Yang Jiechi – Vice Minster of Foreign Affairs
24. Dai Bingguo – Vice Minster of Foreign Affairs
25. Li Yizhong – Minster Ministry of Industry and Information
26. Wu Aiying – Minister of Justice
27. Xiao Yang – Chief Justice of China – President of the Supreme People’s Court
28. Cao Jianming – Procurator-General Supreme People’s Procuratorate
29. Wang Shengjun – President Supreme People’s Court
30. Liang Baohua – Party Chief Jiangsu Provincial Committee
31. Lu Zhangong – Party Chief Fujian Provincial Committee
32. Liu Qiboa – Party Chief Sichuan Provincial Committee
33. Zhang Gaoli – Party Chief Tianjin Provincial Committee
34. Wang Yang – Party Chief Guangdong Provincial Committee
35. Zhao Hongzhu – Party Chief Zhejiang Provincial Committee
36. Bo Xilai – Party Chief Chongqing Provincial Committee
37. Dr. Sun Laiyan – Chief Administrator China National Space Administration
38. Wan Gang – Minister Science and Technology
39. Lu Yongxiang – President Chinese Academy of Sciences
40. Liu Zhijun – Secretary General Ministry of Railways
41. Huang Jiefu – Vice Minister Ministry of Health
42. Li Bin – Chairperson National Population and Family Planning Commission
43. Zhou Ji – President Ministry of Education
44. Zhao Huayong – President CCTV
45. Ma Kai – Minister National Development and Reform Commission
46. Xie Xuren – Finance Minister Communist Party of China
47. Chen Yuan – Governor China Developing Bank
48. Cao Yuanzheng – President and Chief Economist Bank of China International Holdings
49. Zhou Xiaochuan – Governor People’s Bank of China
50. Han Zheng – Mayor of Shanghai
51. Guo Jinlong – Mayor of Beijing City
52. Liu Qi – Party Chief Beijing Municipal Committee

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China’s Most Wanted Painting – DIA Center for the Arts, Chelsea.

Dia’s second artists’ project for the world wide web, begun in 1995, was created by the Russian emigrant artist team Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid. The Most Wanted paintings, as well as the Least Wanted paintings, reflect the artists’ interpretation of a professional market research survey about aesthetic preferences and taste in painting. Intending to discover what a true “people’s art” would look like, the artists, with the support of the Nation Institute, hired Marttila & Kiley, Inc. to conduct the first poll. In 1994, they began the process which resulted in America’s Most Wanted and America’s Least Wanted paintings, which were exhibited in New York at the Alternative Museum under the title “People’s Choice.”

Under Dia’s auspices, and with the sponsorship of Chase Manhattan Bank, the artists expanded their market research to more than a dozen countries around the globe and in turn, created Most Wanted and Least Wanted paintings for each country. Digitized versions of the paintings and the survey statistics which inform them are made available to the public through Dia’s web site. In addition, visitors to Komar and Melamid’s web page were invited to take the market survey questionnaire. Between November 1995 and March 1997, 3001 visitors completed the online poll. The results have been tabulated and can be see online, along with the Web’s Most Wanted and Web’s Least Wanted images. The web’s images are exceptional from those of the individual countries. Although paintings were made, the Web’s Most Wanted and Web’s Least Wanted are images of the paintings in context, intended to be viewed only on a computer screen.

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21 Tibet ‘protestors’ are on a list of most wanted by the Chinese, but they do not have a playing card and they are not in our poker deck.

Here is an exerpt from USA Today:

Shown under the heading of “Lhasa Public Security Bureau’s Wanted List of Criminal Suspects,” the 21 people are accused of endangering national security, and cited for beating, smashing, looting and arson. One suspect is shown wielding a long sword and another is a mustached man who had been shown on news programs slashing another with a foot-long blade.

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Yuan Hongwei is a most wanted Chinese smuggler, but he does not have a playing card in our poker deck.

Here is an excerpt from a Time magazine article:

ABRO Industries learned early on that it was facing an audacious challenger. In 2003 Timothy Demarais, vice president of the South Bend, Indiana-based industrial adhesive manufacturer, says he walked into the Canton Trade Fair in Guangzhou, China, and found that his company’s product line — and his company’s identity itself — had been knocked off by a Chinese firm called Hunan Magic Power, also known as Magpow. When Demarais attempted to have the impostor kicked out, he says, Hunan Magic Power chairman Yuan Hongwei produced documentation that he claimed showed his company had the right to use the trademark ABRO. He had even copied ABRO’s labeling, including one sample card with a photo of a woman applying epoxy to a bicycle. The woman, it turned out, was Demarais’ wife. After Demarais pulled out another photo of his wife from his wallet, the trade fair officials booted Hunan Magic Power. “How blatant can you be when you steal my wife’s picture for your card?” asks Demarais.

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