China's former Chongqing Municipality Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai looks on during a meeting at the annual session of China's parliament, the National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 6, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Lee
BEIJING (Reuters) - A lavish French villa owned by disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has been put up for sale for more than 6.95 million euros ($8.5 million), the state-backed Global Times reported on Monday, after his spectacular fall from grace.
Bo, once the Communist Party boss of the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing, was sentenced to life in jail last year after he was found guilty of corruption and abuse of power in one of China's most serious political scandals in a generation.
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