

Long disgraced and recently charged former politician Bo Xilai is not only disappearing from Chinese public life, his imprint is also being removed from Dalian Modern Museum.

AFP reports:

Any references to the one-time political star at the US$24 million museum have disappeared, along with once-prominent displays showcasing signature features of Dalian, which Bo is credited with transforming in the 1990s.

Opened in 2002, [the Dalian exhibit] used to display projects linked to Bo, including a champion football team, an international fashion show and a squad of female mounted policewomen, according to an old sign left on the floor.

In May 2011 a visitor wrote on the tourism website Tripadvisor.com that one of the most memorable displays was a luxurious carpet presented to Bo by a foreign official.

As well as removing the Shrine of Bo from the local museum, there have been calls to disband the former party chief’s all-women mounted police force, which has been criticised by former cops as an “image project”.





