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Xi Jinping's Legacy as a Chinese Leader
Xi Jinping was deputy party secretary of a poor rural county in Herbei province. He's one of the few civilian officials who actually has what could be called military experience. While others of his generation pursued cushy careers in Beijing, Xi left it to become an official. A TV show called New Star offers a window into what party leaders thought at the time.