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1: Live in a cave
How to become a dictator
Xi Jinping and the Professor
Wei Jingxing knew the Xi family personally and remembers it was a tough time for the kids. Mao had turned on Xi's father a few years earlier, making the family especially vulnerable. Wei: I think his father being criticized and persecuted within the party had a huge impact on his mentality growing up. The second came at 16 when he was exiled to the countryside. One of the many urban youths sent by Mao to be re-educated in rural areas.
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