The Party’s Interests Come First By Joseph Torigian; Stanford University Press; 718 pages; US$50 and £41 Read more at The ...

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

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 ...

A new biography of Xi Zhongxun shines light on both the suffering caused by one-party rule and the loyalty that keeps such a ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“I’m 74 and I hope this helps me live a long time,” one man says after he finishes his ... in 2020 that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping “love each other”, even in the midst of ...

Xi Jinping himself talk a lot about his suffering when he was a young kid ... speaking Mandarin): >> (repeating): >> MAN: >> (repeat): >> SMITH: In the spring of 1989, pro-democracy demonstrations ...

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 ...