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7/8 The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of XI Zhongxun, Father of XI Jinping Hardcover – 3 June 2025 by Joseph Torigian (Author)

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

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7/8 The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of XI Zhongxun, Father of XI Jinping Hardcover – 3 June 2025 by  Joseph Torigian  (Author)

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This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batser, visiting with Joseph Tarigian. His book, The Party's

1:05.8

interests come first, is the life of Xi Jinping's father, Zhang Shun. We're following father and son now because they have a very strong relationship.

1:16.6

We're told that Xi Jinping is the favorite son, the bright one.

1:22.4

There are daughters, there are sons, and they all admit to this.

1:27.8

There are tragedies within the family, one of the daughters,

1:32.2

a half-sister to Xi Jinping, hangs herself surprisingly in a dormitory,

1:37.5

a young woman at the time, and that very much burdens Xi Jinping.

1:43.0

But in 1975, he emerges from the countryside for

1:48.7

Xinghua University in Beijing. One of two appointments, I believe, for the whole province

1:54.0

or maybe the whole country. How did he get that job, Joseph?

1:57.5

So during the Cultural Revolution, to get into university, you didn't take a test.

2:03.5

Tests were seen as bourgeois.

2:05.4

So you needed to be seen as politically reliable.

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