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Deciphering The Mystery Of Xi Jinping

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What Did Xi Jinping Learn From His Father?

Mao Zedong sent millions of urban Chinese youth to the countryside during Cultural Revolution. Xi Jinping describes how he was covered in flea bites and had to sleep on a bed surrounded by pesticide for seven years. "I don't think there are many other world leaders who were denounced by their mothers as teenagers"

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