Bo Testified He Had had No Intention for Premiership

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黄安伟, 薄熙来法庭即席发言暗示党内权力斗争. 纽约时报中文网, Aug 30, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130830/c30bo/

, which is translated from

Edward Wong,  In Trial Account, Fallen Chinese Official Strays From Script; A politician denies trying to grab power, according to a record of secret testimony. New York Times, Aug 30, 2013.

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"Mr Bo’s testimony, in which he denied designs to become China’s prime minister, was one of the few instances during the trial in which Mr Bo appeared to stray far from the narrow parameters set by senior officials; those limits confined him to talking mostly about his family and personal matters.

“'Some say I wanted to be the prime minister,' Mr Bo, 64, said, according to the document. 'That is completely untrue. As we all know, party central had determined after the 17th Party Congress that Comrade Li Keqiang should take that position.' At this point a judge interrupted Mr Bo’s speech, apparently aware that Mr Bo was treading on delicate ground.