Xi Jinping Born: China's Most Powerful Leader Since Mao
Xi Jinping rose through provincial Communist Party posts to become China's paramount leader, abolishing presidential term limits and centralizing power to a degree unseen since Mao Zedong. His Belt and Road Initiative expanded Chinese economic influence across six continents while his domestic crackdowns on dissent, tech companies, and ethnic minorities redefined authoritarian governance in the digital age.
June 15, 1953
73 years ago
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