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

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 ...

Xi’s self-styled image as a leader with absolute authority has roots in his formative years as the son of a revolutionary ...

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

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 ...

Xi would know. His father, Xi Zhongxun ... spoke of Stalin’s “dictatorship” and “totalitarian regime.” Xi Jinping, on the other hand, continues to take communism’s legacy seriously. According to an ...

“China, the US & the Rise of Xi Jinping” is much more about Xi ... born after the founding of the People’s Republic. His father, a senior Communist official, was purged and later imprisoned.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement Thursday deepening their “strategic partnership” — a day after the Chinese autocrat took a swipe at the ...