Xi’s history shapes China’s diplomatic strategy: The Chinese leader doesn’t want a negotiated settlement. He wants a long war of resistance
https://www.ft.com/content/11c7580e-721b-4890-8dfa-fc24a6a82ce0
Xi was born into red royalty. His father, Xi Zhongxun, was a top party leader. But that protection vanished overnight when he was purged in the early 1960s. The teenage Xi was cast out of elite schools and branded a political liability. “Back then, our classmates all looked down on us and avoided us, as if we didn’t exist,” said a fellow student who was ostracised.
That dislocation cut deep. It instilled in him not just a distrust of political tides, but a hardened belief in self-preservation through discipline, control and loyalty to the system that had once abandoned him.
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https://www.ft.com/content/11c7580e-721b-4890-8dfa-fc24a6a82ce0
Xi was born into red royalty. His father, Xi Zhongxun, was a top party leader. But that protection vanished overnight when he was purged in the early 1960s. The teenage Xi was cast out of elite schools and branded a political liability. “Back then, our classmates all looked down on us and avoided us, as if we didn’t exist,” said a fellow student who was ostracised.
That dislocation cut deep. It instilled in him not just a distrust of political tides, but a hardened belief in self-preservation through discipline, control and loyalty to the system that had once abandoned him.
Related:
Don’t underestimate the Chinese consumer
https://www.ft.com/content/0e7018ef-ea66-4243-b71f-68cf5519234a