That appears to be the case with the Bo Xilai affair in China. One enduring political myth that went down with Bo, the former Communist Party boss of Chongqing municipality, is the notion that the Party’s rule is based on meritocracy.
上述说法似乎也适用于中国近期发生的薄熙来事件。而与这位前重庆市市委书记一同陨落的则是一个经久不衰的政治神话，认为中国共产党的统治是构建于精英政治之上的。