 In the Xi Jinping era, some commentators and political observers dubbed the loose political grouping of former security chief Zhou Yongkang, former Central Military Commission vice-chairman Xu Caihou, former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai, and former General Office chief Ling Jihua as the "New Gang of Four".All four were investigated for corruption-related offences between 2012 and 2014.This group had little in common with the original Gang of Four and whether the new "Gang" truly had a coherent set of shared political interests was not clear.