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The making of Chinese President Xi Jinping

Nothing is Foreign

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Xi Jinping's Childhood

Xi Jinping's father was put in prison, and what followed was likely one of the most tumultuous periods of his life. Xi has talked about how these red guards set upon him, attacked him, and gave him five minutes to live. He jumped out of a window from that detention center,. ran home to his mom and said, Mom, I'm tired, I'm hungry, can you give me some food? That's how insane this period of modern Chinese history was.

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