在非民主国家，中国爆出了薄熙来丑闻，其故事足以写成一部间谍小说 — — 包括了风流韵事、腐败猖獗、谋杀、高级警官戏剧性地寻求美国领事馆庇护等情节。
Among non-democracies, China had the Bo Xilai scandal, which was worthy of a spy novel, with illicit affairs, rampant corruption, murder, and a senior police official’s dramatic quest for asylum in a US consulate.