But what experiences have moulded Xi’s cast of mind? Sheridan devotes attention to his father, Xi Zhongxun. The elder Xi had been an associate of Chairman Mao Zedong and rose to the rank of ...

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 ...

Xi Zhongxun was a successful general and governor of Guangdong Province until the Cultural Revolution. Zhou Enlai later resurrected and rescued Xi's father from ignominy. Reversing the elder Xi's ...

But while his princeling status — being the son of revolutionary Communist veteran Xi Zhongxun — may have helped get him to power, Xi has maintained his leadership role only by closely ...

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 ...