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I don't think Xinhua should be cited as a source for a statement that is written as fact. So I'm going to change the text added by Addrigon and BrightStarSky today. Klortho (talk) 02:30, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good idea. I'm not really sure how to handle this issue. In general, per the WP:BLPCRIME, there's no problem stating that someone has admitted to and/or been convicted of a crime. But under the circumstance that there are a lot of unanswered questions in this case, and that the admission may have been elicited in a manner that would not hold up under a more....developed legal system, I think qualifiers are certainly in order here. Homunculus (duihua) 04:31, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Gu's surname
I'm actually curious about why her name would be rendered as "Bo Gu Kailai" - it is probably more absurd as it appears to be. In China (or at least Mainland China), a married women pretty much never switches to her husband's surname upon marriage. Indeed, she was never known as "Bo Gu Kailai" before this incident; Calling her "Bo Gu Kailai" would be about as absurd as, say, calling Michelle Obama "Michelle-Barack Obama". Despite this, no explanations have been given so far. All we have are mere speculations, and I think they should be presented as such. BlodancetheSeeker21:35, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Agree that this is quite unusual. Are you referring to this rendering appearing in the infobox, or in the article body? If the latter, it seems to be contextualized fairly well there. Homunculus (duihua) 01:11, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]