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By Benjamin Kang Lim and Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - When a court in a coastal province renders its verdict against disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai in a trial that appears imminent, it could also decide the pace of economic reforms planned by the new government of President Xi Jinping. The ideological schisms exposed last year by Bo's extraordinary fall from power have, to a degree, hamstrung Xi, forcing him to move more slowly than he may have wanted on an ambitious program to rebalance the world's second-largest economy, sources close to China's leadership told Reuters. ...More...