Americans tend to believe China’s President Xi Jinping enjoys a smooth ride as president but, as Peter Schweizer explains, that’s only because Xi puts his dissenters in jail.
\n\n“As he was stepping on the plane to come to the United States, Xi purged two top generals. And he purged them for ‘political unreliability,’” says Schweizer, who is author of three bestselling books about China. “These two generals were members of the Central Military Commission, which is the most important political body in all of China.”
\n\nOn the most recent episode of The Drill Down, Schweizer and co-host Eric Eggers of the Government Accountability Institute explain that Xi’s position in China is not as solid as media critics of Trump like to portray.
\n\n“In the last two years, President Xi has purged six members” out of a total of eight from the same body, Schweizer adds. “They were arrested, imprisoned, and charged with capital crimes. The only two remaining are Xi himself, and the dude that he has investigating the other guys,” he says.
\n\n“That speaks to the overall level of instability within China,” says Eggers, “and also his ability to quell dissent in China that no one else who doesn’t…
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