"There’s a leadership transition every five years, with a big one every ten years, and without transparency and fair competition, more power struggles will occur and another Bo Xilai will emerge."

"Against such an exceptional backdrop and complex circumstances, we resolutely followed the decisions of the party… and worked hard to banish the serious impact of the Bo Xilai and Wang Lijun cases. We must strictly define authority in accordance with the law and… never allow any group or individual to have special rights which exceed the constitution or the law."

"This burden must be removed so that Chongqing can breathe a sigh of relief."

"I believe it was [a] killing to stop someone from disclosing a secret and that secret is not a sexual relationship, but bigger and more complicated, unspeakable."

"There are many things that are impossible to know. I know about as much as you do."

"Like much of the news reported about my family, the rumour that I am back in China is false."

"Lawyer @liu_xiaoyuan tweets: Bo Xilai failed in his oversight of Wang Lijun, so who failed to oversee Bo?"