About Gu Kailai
Gu Kailai (born 15 November 1958) is a Chinese former lawyer and businesswoman. She is the second wife of former Politburo member Bo Xilai, one of China's most influential politicians until he was stripped of his offices in 2012. In August 2012, Gu was convicted of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood and was given a suspended death sentence, later commuted to life imprisonment in December 2015. == Early life == Gu is the youngest of five daughters of General Gu Jingsheng, a prominent revolutionary in the years before the Chinese Communist Party took power. Gu's mother, Fan Chengxiu, was a descendant of the renowned Song dynasty chancellor and poet Fan Zhongyan. General Gu held various government positions during early Communist rule but was imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution. Gu Kailai herself was also punished, being forced to work in a butcher shop and a textile factory. After the gaokao was reinstated, Gu entered Peking University, from which she graduated with an LLB degree in law and then a master's degree in international relations. == Career == In 1988, Gu founded the Kailai Law Firm in Dalian, and subsequently established herself as a prominent lawyer in the city. In 1995, she relocated the firm's headquarters to Beijing and in 2001 changed its name to Angdao.
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