Why Didn't Xi Jinping Want Out?

The Keeleeks have published an American diplomatic cable from 2009. Someone at the US Embassy in Beijing had spoken to an unnamed friend of the Xi family. The source said that after the Cultural Revolution, with the Red families back in the political elite, most princelings partied. They drank and dated, lapped up Western movies and books. But not Xi Jinping. According to the cable, he chose to survive by becoming red up in red.