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Deciphering The Mystery Of Xi Jinping

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What Xi Jinping Learned From His Dad

When Xi Jinping was a kid, his dad would constantly talk to him about the revolution and how they too would fight for a stronger, bigger China. So that's one thing he learned from his dad. But I think another thing he learned is that power is a zero-sum game. And if you lose power, really, really bad things can happen to you. He saw what happened to his dad and he himself personally experienced it. The psychology of someone who is not just oppressed, but abused could be Stockholm Syndrome or internalization.

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