MSNBC Morning Joe May 31, 2021 10:38:00
Government isn't a dictatorship. there are so many complicated cross-currents going back and forth. and there has been a rising concern about president xi's actions over the past year or so. among many quarters in and out of the government, inside the party. i'm curious, what's at stake for him inside the communist party, as this, as this possible scandal unfurls. and could this be a real challenge to his leadership, if this keeps developing into, as you say, a chinese chernobyl? >> well, as you rightly say, he's evaluated himself up there with chairman mao and with deng jaoping. of course, he...