For Xi Jinping, really, stability and unity are just absolutely key. In Xinjiang, there have been a series of violent incidents. He's kind of worried that this is going to start fracturing, start spiraling. Tibet, obviously, has always been a deep concern for the party.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is a product of Mao Zedong’s revolution. On Sunday, he'll become the most powerful Chinese leader since the Communist Party’s founder — and maybe the most powerful person in the world.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Additional production and fact checking by Siona Peterous, Avishay Artsy, Hady Mawajdeh, and Jillian Weinberger
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