Ousted Politician Bo Xilai Goes on Trial in China

In this photo released by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court, disgraced politician Bo Xila is flanked by police officers during his trial at the court in eastern China's Shandong province, August 22, 2013.

A TV screen shows a news report of disgraced politician Bo Xilai standing in the courtroom, flanked by police guards at Jinan Intermediate People's Court in eastern China's Shandong province, in Hong Kong, August 22, 2013.

A man wearing a t-shirt with a picture of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong holds a fan with the words "Bo Xilai" near the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, August 22, 2013.

A supporter holds a placard during a rally behind a police barricade near the Jinan Intermediate People's Court, where the trial of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai is being held in Jinan, Shandong province, August 22, 2013.

A Chinese woman, center with sunglasses, protests outside the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, eastern China's Shandong province, August 21, 2013.

Chinese police officers attempt to remove a woman protesting with the words "unjust" written on a banner outside the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, eastern China's Shandong province, August 21, 2013.

Chinese police officers march out of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan in eastern China's Shandong province, August 21, 2013.

Chinese police officers march out of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan in eastern China's Shandong province, August 21, 2013. (Wang Fei for VOA)

Chinese police officers attempt to remove an elderly woman protesting with the words 'unjust' and details of her own grievances written on a banner outside the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, eastern China's Shandong province, August 21, 2013.