The Future of Xi and China: A Discussion with Sue Lin Wong
New Books in East Asian Studies
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Seaging Ping's Third Term Has Been Secured
Seaging Ping was born into Communist Party royalty and he had an incredibly privileged life for the first nine years or so. He lived in a very fancy compound with nannies and housekeepers, access to Russian books and good quality food. But when he was nine years old, his dad had a falling out with Mao Zedong and that really hit Seaging Ping and the rest of his family. And then the Cultural Revolution started,. which was an incredibly traumatic time in modern Chinese history. So as a result, he spent seven years in a cave - sometimes eating raw meat.
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