Minxin Pei P’12, the Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow, was recently interviewed by CNBC about Chinese political leadership and his latest book, The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism. An expert in China and the Pacific Rim, as well as U.S.-Asia relations, Pei spoke on totalitarian control and the politics of succession and discussed the motivations behind Chinese political leader Xi Jinping’s recent military purge.