Implications of Xi Jinping's Hold on Power: Former Senior CIA China Analyst Chris Johnson
Intelligence Matters
Xi Jintao and Hu Chun Hwa
CNN's John Defterios looks at the dramatic departure of former Chinese president Hu Jintao. He says there is speculation that he was forcibly removed but it could have been a last minute move by Xi Jinping. The official regime explanation is that he was ill and so had to depart, defterios says. But reports say his name is now being censored in China what do you think happened here?Defterios: We don't really know because it's such a no-pake system we may never know.
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