A new biography of Xi Zhongxun shines light on both the suffering caused by one-party rule and the loyalty that keeps such a ...

Xi Zhongxun was purged by the Communist Party he served and went on to help reform Chinese politics. His son is the most ...

A new biography explores the life of Xi Zhongxun, father of China's current leader, Xi Jinping. It examines why Xi Jinping's ...

Here’s a look at the life of Xi Jinping, leader of the People’s Republic of China. Personal Birth date: June 15, 1953 Birth place: Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, China (some sources say Beijing) ...

Mr Xi was used to leftovers. As a boy, he would wash in his father’s bathwater. (The next morning the water would be used for ...

In his forthcoming book, The Party's Interests Come First, American University professor Joseph Torigian writes about Xi ...

View Full Image Xi Jinping, wearing a cap, with his father Xi Zhongxun. Photo: Stanford University Press Many within the party elite misread Xi Jinping when he took power in 2012, expressing ...

In the previous issue of Sampan, we presented the first half of a two part interview with NPR reporter and author Emily Feng, who recently published her book, Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and ...

But following his death earlier this week, scholars were cautious about his intellectual legacy, saying his policy ... especially President Xi Jinping, have stressed the concept, which has been ...

Much ink is spilled on China’s leader Xi Jinping, one of the most powerful rulers in the world. Yet the legacy of his father, the revolutionary Xi Zhongxun (1913–2002), is often overlooked. Xi’s ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has delivered Cambodia a swag of ... Prime Minister Hun Manet, and his father, the former prime minister Hun Sen. As is often the case with Chinese contracts, the ...