Mr Xi was used to leftovers. As a boy, he would wash in his father’s bathwater. (The next morning the water would be used for ...

Xi Zhongxun was purged by the Communist Party he served and went on to help reform Chinese politics. His son is the most ...

Xi’s self-styled image as a leader with absolute authority has roots in his formative years as the son of a revolutionary hero.

Xi Jinping as a young man with his father, Xi Zhongxun.Credit: Getty Images Xi’s years in Shaanxi also deepened his loyalty to the communist cause. Hampered by his father’s banishment ...

to praise the young man. Farmer Liang Yujin, now in his 70s, reminisced about making unannounced visits to Xi on four occasions after Xi had left Liangjiahe. Already a high-ranking official ...

In 1968 Mao had decreed that millions of young people should ... first five years in office, Xi Jinping has built a personality cult. At its core is the image of a man of the people.

In his forthcoming book, The Party's Interests Come First, American University professor Joseph Torigian writes about Xi ...

To Western eyes, President Xi Jinping of China may appear as the embodiment ... A friend of his during those troubled times recalled a young man with an aura of destiny, a Communist “princeling ...

But the top job is all but secured, with President Xi Jinping expected to remain at ... where Xi lived as a young man. The ride is bumpy, but the surroundings are pristine, with fields brimming ...

How Chinese citizens are responding to Xi’s lengthened rule. By Li Yuan As Xi Jinping prepared to take ... songs and posters. Some young Chinese, who grew up under heavy party indoctrination ...

Xi Jinping visits the Jiayu Pass ... the highest standards of traditional moral uprightness, to praise the young man. Farmer Liang Yujin, now in his 70s, reminisced about making unannounced visits to ...