They’re set to govern for the next 10 years. The son of revolutionary hero Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping spent his early life growing up as a privileged “princeling” within the walls of the ...

Unlike the fathers of other princelings, Xi Jinping’s illustrious father Xi Zhongxun is held in high esteem in China for his contributions during the revolution years and subsequently in ...

Xi was born into privilege, the son of Xi Zhongxun, a commander turned propagandist who, because his wife often traveled for her job at the Marxism-­Leninism Institute, was unusually prominent in ...

Growing up during the Cultural Revolution had a lasting impact on Xi Jinping and his generation of elites.

By Katie Stallard Xi Jinping knows how quickly power can slip away. As a child, he saw his father, Xi Zhongxun, then vice-premier of China, purged from the senior ranks of the Chinese Communist Party ...

Xi Zhongxun, lived when he held this post from 1978 to 1981. “Exchanges will focus on international crises, first and foremost the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East ...

They’re set to govern for the next 10 years. The son of revolutionary hero Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping spent his early life growing up as a privileged “princeling” within the walls of the ...