Xi Jinping (front row, second right) and other members of the party Politburo Standing Committee view ‘The Road Towards Renewal’ exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing in November 2012. Photo: Xinhua
Xi Jinping (front row, second right) and other members of the party Politburo Standing Committee view ‘The Road Towards Renewal’ exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing in November 2012. Photo: Xinhua
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Being immortal: inside Xi Jinping’s power play to reach the same status as Mao Zedong

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Nectar Gan
Nectar Gan

Updated: 10:55am, 28 Mar, 2017

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Xi Jinping (front row, second right) and other members of the party Politburo Standing Committee view ‘The Road Towards Renewal’ exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing in November 2012. Photo: Xinhua
Xi Jinping (front row, second right) and other members of the party Politburo Standing Committee view ‘The Road Towards Renewal’ exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing in November 2012. Photo: Xinhua
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