China's Bo Xilai Indicted for Corruption: Xinhua

China’s once-powerful politician Bo Xilai has been indicted for bribery, corruption and abuse of power, the state news agency Xinhua said Thursday.

The former mayor of the southwestern city of Chongqing has not been seen in public for more than a year since the scandal surrounding him was exposed, triggering one of China’s biggest political scandals in decades.