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2 weeks ago | 
chinabooksreview.com | Taili Ni |Joseph Torigian
In December 2002, less than one month after he became the top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader in Zhejiang province, Xi Jinping treated his father Xi Zhongxun’s old friend Li Rui to breakfast at an extremely expensive restaurant intended to host ministerial officials. They discussed Zhongxun’s behavior when Hu Yaobang was removed from power in 1987, as well as how, after Hu died two years later, Li had left the wake to visit Zhongxun at the Great Hall of the People.
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3 weeks ago | 
thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Joseph Torigian
Xi Zhongxun with his sons Jinping (left) and Yuanping (center), 1958. Source: Xi Zhongxun huace, 167 via Stanford University Press In December 2002, less than one month after he became the top party leader in Zhejiang Province, Xi Jinping treated his father’s old friend Li Rui to breakfast at an extremely expensive restaurant intended to host ministerial officials.
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1 month ago | 
exbulletin.com | Joseph Torigian
For many China observers, its first leader, Xi Jinping, is an enigma. The academics and the journalist tried to glean an idea of his thought by Read his speeches And writings And crosspiece Archive band. Joseph TorigianAssociate Professor at the American University of Washington DC, adopts another approach through his next book,,The interests of the party pass first A fascinating, although dense, biography of Xi Zhongxun, the father of the chief and a Chinese politician reputed himself.
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1 month ago | 
chinafile.com | Joseph Torigian |Jeremy Goldkorn
Joseph Torigian discusses the life of Xi Jinping’s father, Xi Zhongxun, and how his legacy shapes the worldview of one of the world’s most powerful leaders today. Torigian’s new book, The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping, examines the elder Xi’s role as a revolutionary and early leader in the Chinese Communist Party. The book, due to be published in June, is the first English-language biography of Xi Zhongxun.
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1 month ago | 
hoover.org | Joseph Torigian
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
hoover.org | Joseph Torigian
MyHoover delivers a personalized experience at Hoover.org. In a few easy steps, create an account and receive the most recent analysis from Hoover fellows tailored to your specific policy interests. Watch this video for an overview of MyHoover. Create Account
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Joseph Torigian
On February 4, 2022, just before invading Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Beijing, where he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping signed a document that hailed a “no limits” partnership. In the two-plus years since, China has refused to condemn the invasion and helped Russia acquire materiel, frommachine tools to engines to drones, crucial for the war effort. The flourishing partnership between Xi and Putin has raised serious questions in Western capitals.
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Sep 4, 2023 | 
democracyparadox.com | Joseph Torigian
Joseph Torigian is a Research Fellow at the Harvard History Lab. Previously he was an assistant professor at the School of International Service at American University in Washington and a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center. He is the author of Prestige, Manipulation, and Coercion: Elite Power Struggles in the Soviet Union and China after Stalin and Mao. Access Bonus Episodes on PatreonMake a one-time Donation to Democracy Paradox.
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Jul 3, 2023 | 
fortune.com | Joseph Torigian
As mercenary troops bore down on Moscow on June 24, 2023, it likely wasn’t only Russian President Vladimir Putin and his governing elite in Russia who were looking on with concern. Over in China, too, there may have been some concerned faces. Throughout the war in Ukraine, Beijing has walked a balancing act of sorts – standing with Putin as an ally and providing an economic lifeline to Russia while trying to insulate China against the prospect of any instability in a neighboring country.
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Jul 2, 2023 | 
asiatimes.com | Joseph Torigian
As mercenary troops bore down on Moscow on June 24, 2023, it likely wasn’t only Russian President Vladimir Putin and his governing elite in Russia who were looking on with concern. Over in China, too, there may have been some concerned faces. Throughout the war in Ukraine, Beijing has walked a balancing act of sorts – standing with Putin as an ally and providing an economic lifeline to Russia while trying to insulate China against the prospect of any instability in a neighboring country.
