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The making of Chinese President Xi Jinping

Nothing is Foreign

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Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party

Mao Zedong sent millions of urban youth to learn from peasants about the glory of hard work. Xi Jinping was sent to a village where conditions were incredibly austere and simple. He couldn't handle it, basically, and ran back to Beijing; he was caught and put in a labor camp. This time in the village was this moment of rejuvenation when he decided to commit himself to the Communist Party.

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