Beijing (CNN) -- "Please excuse me, I can't talk about this." 

Clunk! The phone line goes dead. 

We had tried to get this British businessman to talk about the mysterious death of Neil Heywood. 

Heywood has emerged from the shadows to be a key link in a story of intrigue, mystery and betrayal that goes all the way to the inner sanctum of China's secretive Communist Party. 

Heywood was found dead last November in his hotel room in the sprawling southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing. According to media reports, local authorities quickly ruled his cause of death as "excessive alcohol use." An autopsy was not performed, media reports said, and his body was cremated. 

Slowly, however, media reports are raising more uncomfortable questions about Heywood's death. He was married to a Chinese woman and had business interests in the country. He moved in the orbit of a company known as Hakluyt and Co., a British strategic information consultancy formed by former officers of the UK's spy agency MI6. 

Hakluyt has released a statement on Heywood, saying, "We had a long history of advising Western companies on China and we are among those who sought (Heywood's) advice. We are greatly saddened by his death." 

Now, the British government is asking China to investigate Heywood's death. 

"Our embassy in Beijing and consulate general in Chongqing provided consular assistance to the family, as we would in any case involving a British national overseas," the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said. "We recently asked the Chinese authorities to investigate the case further after we heard suggestions that there were suspicious circumstances."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Whose mysterious death does the article mention?
2. Who passed away?
3. Who lost their life in a mysterious manner?
Q2:
1. What Chinese city was Neil Heywood in when he died?
2. Where was Neil Heywood staying when he died?
3. In what city was Neil Heywood's body discovered?
Q3:
1. Where is Chongqing?
2. What is the location of Chongqing?
3. Where in China can Chongqing be found?
Q4:
1. What was Neil Heywood's official cause of death?
2. What did authorities claim as Neil Heywood's cause of death?
3. What was Neil Heywood's cause of death officially listed as?
Q5:
1. Who was Neil Heywood married to?
2. Who was Neil Heywood's wife?
3. What was the identity of Neil Heywood's romantic partner?
Q6:
1. Was an autopsy performed on the deceased man?
2. Did Neil Heywood receive an autopsy?
3. Was Neil Heywood granted an autopsy after he died?
Q7:
1. What kind of tale is Neil Heywood linked to?
2. How is the affair Neil Heywood was enmeshed with described?
3. How is the story that Neil Heywood was connected to described?
Q8:
1.  To what Chinese political body did Neil Heywood have ties?
2. What secretive body did Neil Heywood seem to have information on?
3. To what body does the mysterious story of Neil Heywood's death seem to lead?
Q9:
1. What company was Neil Heywood acquainted with?
2. In whose orbit did Neil Heywood move?
3. What company did Neil Heywood have a close connection with?
Q10:
1. What does Hakluyt and Co do?
2. What kind of company is Hakluyt and Co?
3. What is the purpose of Hakluyt and Co?
Q11:
1. Who formed Hakluyt and Co?
2. Who were the creators of Hakluyt and Co?
3. What group of people founded Hakluyt and Co?
Q12:
1. What body is asking China to investigate Heywood's death?
2. Who would like for China to investigate the death of Neil Heywood?
3. Who believes China needs to look into the death of Neil Heywood?
