Four years Chen Cho has been both a chief inspector of special investigations of the Shanghai, police Department and the deputy party secretary of the bureau. He was considered a potential rising star in the communist party until one too many controversial cases, embarrassed, powerful figures, and he was neutralized. Under the guise of a major promotion, a new position with a substantial title, but no power – he stripped of his job duties, isolated, and set up for public disgrace and possibly worse.