Xi Jinping (simplified Chinese: 习近平; traditional Chinese: 習近平; pinyin: Xí Jìnpíng; born June 1953) is a senior leader of the People's Republic of China. He currently serves as the top-ranking member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China, the country's Vice President, Principal of the Central Party School, and the 6th ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's de facto top power organ.
Son of Communist veteran Xi Zhong...
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Xi Jinping (simplified Chinese: 习近平; traditional Chinese: 習近平; pinyin: Xí Jìnpíng; born June 1953) is a senior leader of the People's Republic of China. He currently serves as the top-ranking member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China, the country's Vice President, Principal of the Central Party School, and the 6th ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's de facto top power organ.
Son of Communist veteran Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping served mostly in Fujian province in his early career, and was later appointed party chief of the neighbor Zhejiang province, and then was appointed as Shanghai's party chief following the dismissal of Chen Liangyu. Known for his liberal policies, tough stance on corruption, and a frank openness about political and market economy reforms, Xi's combination of positions makes him the heir presumptive to current Chinese paramount leader Hu Jintao and the emerging leader of the People's Republic of China's fifth generation of...
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