The trial of Gu Kailai is expected to begin Thursday . Heywood died in the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing , where Bo was the Communist Party chief and a rising star in the party -- the son of one of the `` eight immortals '' of the revolution that created modern China . She was convicted in March on charges that she poisoned British businessman Neil Heywood with a toxic tea and then tried to cover it up by ordering the murder of his wife and daughter. She is the wife of disgraced Communist Party figure Bo Xilai .
The trial of Gu Kailai is expected to begin Thursday . She was convicted in March on charges that she poisoned British businessman Neil Heywood with a toxic tea and then tried to cover it up by ordering the murder of his wife and daughter. She is the wife of disgraced Communist Party figure Bo Xilai .