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Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s rise and rule

By Associated Press

Oct. 23, 2022

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Chinese President Xi Jinping increased his dominance on Sunday when he was named as head of the ruling Communist Party for another term, in a break with tradition.
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Xi Jinping, then Shanghai's Communist Party chief, attends a ceremony to launch the countdown clock for the Shanghai Special Olympic Games in Shanghai, China, on June 24, 2007. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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In this undated file photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, Communist Party Leader Xi Jinping carries his daughter with a bicycle in Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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This photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency shows Communist Party Leader Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan in September 1989. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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This photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency shows Communist Party Leader Xi Jinping, right, then secretary of the Ningde Prefecture Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), participates in farm work during his investigation in the countryside in 1988. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Xi Jinping, then Shanghai's Communist Party chief holds the torch for the Special Olympic Games to be held in Shanghai, China, on Sept. 29, 2007. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Shanghai party chief Xi Jinping, center, shakes hands with other delegates during the closing ceremony for the 17th Communist Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Oct. 21, 2007. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, right, and Xi Jinping, Zhejiang Province Communist Party Secretary, left, speak on Sept. 19, 2006 in Hangzhou, China. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping watches the performing schoolgirls in the gymnasium of Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual Primary School in Budapest, Hungary, on Oct. 16, 2009. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping at the State Department in Washington on Feb. 14, 2012. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping hits a giant bell during his visit to Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar on Dec. 19, 2009. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Vice President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China kicks a football during visit to Croke Park Stadium, Dublin, Ireland on Feb. 19, 2012. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, Vice President Joe Biden, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and others, watch a Dragon dance by students at the International Studies Learning Center in South Gate, Calif. , on Feb. 17, 2012. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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New Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping waves as he stands with new members of the Politburo Standing Committee in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Nov. 15, 2012. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 25, 2016. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Incoming Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, casts his vote into a box as Vice Premier Li Keqiang, right, looks on during a plenary session of the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 14, 2013. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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From left, China's former Premier Wen Jiabao, newly installed President Xi Jinping, former chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Jia Qinglin and newly appointed Premier Li Kiqiang leave after the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing China on March 17, 2013. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Residents walk through a security checkpoint into the Hotan Bazaar where a screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping in Hotan in western China's Xinjiang region on Nov. 3, 2017. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a screen as performers dance at a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on June 28, 2021. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he attends a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on June 28, 2021. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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A woman on her electric-powered scooter films a large video screen outside a shopping mall showing Chinese President Xi Jinping speaking during an event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of China's Communist Party at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on July 1, 2021. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the son of a communist revolutionary leader, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial leader who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23.

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