JINAN, China: The family’s safes held more cash than an average Chinese might see in a lifetime. Their French villa was held through shell companies designed to avoid taxes and publicity. The son gallivanted around the world at huge expense.

The sensational corruption trial of Bo Xilai exposed the lavish lifestyle of one of China’s most powerful politicians, gripping the Communist-run country where mounting inequality has stoked public discontent.

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