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Xi Jinping's Father Was a Loser in the Chinese Political System
Lucy Hombi believes this was a formative time for young Xi Jinping. He went through all the trials and tribulations of belonging to a family that was a loser in the Chinese political system. The Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s appended Chinese society. Red Guards beat, tortured and killed people. Lucy says this story of childhood suffering is one Xi Jinping seems happy to have told.