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Xi Jinpong's father, Xi Zhongxun, was a communist guerilla leader in northwest China in the 1930s, when Mao and the CCP leaders reached [[Yan'an]] at the end of the [[Long March]].  Xi Zhongxon was married five times.  Xi Zhongxun was one of the few local leaders to survive later purges, siding with the Mao Zedong faction and rising quickly through Party ranks to become a Vice Premier in the 1950s while still in his thirties.  According to sources, Xi Zhongxun was the youngest Vice Premier among the early generation of CCP leaders.  Despite his association with Mao's group, said the professor, Xi Zhongxun was also "good friends" with [[Deng Xiaoping]] and was "actually closer to Deng than to Mao."

Xi Jinpong's father, Xi Zhongxun, was a communist guerilla leader in northwest China in the 1930s, when Mao and the CCP leaders reached [[Yan'an]] at the end of the [[Long March]].  Xi Zhongxon was married five times.  Xi Zhongxun was one of the few local leaders to survive later purges, siding with the Mao Zedong faction and rising quickly through Party ranks to become a Vice Premier in the 1950s while still in his thirties.  According to sources, Xi Zhongxun was the youngest Vice Premier among the early generation of CCP leaders.  Despite his association with Mao's group, said the professor, Xi Zhongxun was also "good friends" with [[Deng Xiaoping]] and was "actually closer to Deng than to Mao."

Xi Zhongxun was purged in 1962 and imprisoned, and his mother, Qi Xin, forced into hard labor years before the Cultural Revolution began.  The children were forced to denounce their father and sent to the countryside to be re-educated and suffer deprivation. Xi's older sister, Qi Qiaoaqiao, was forced to study Marxism. His older half sister by one of his father's previous marriages, Xi Heping, committed suicide by hanging herself.  This was turning point in Xi's life.  He decided to restore his family's name, not through revenge, but through loyalty to the Communist party.

Xi Zhongxun was purged in 1962 and imprisoned, and his mother, Qi Xin, forced into hard labor years before the Cultural Revolution began.  The children were forced to denounce their father and sent to the countryside to be re-educated and suffer deprivation. Xi's older sister, Qi Qiaoaqiao, was forced to study Marxism. His older half sister by one of his father's previous marriages, Xi Heping, committed suicide by hanging herself.  This was a turning point in Xi's life.  He decided to restore his family's name, not through revenge, but through loyalty to the Communist party.

Xi Zhongxun was rehabilitated by Deng Xaoiping in 1978 and was appointed by Deng as Party Secretary in Guangdong in the 1980s.

Xi Zhongxun was rehabilitated by Deng Xaoiping in 1978 and was appointed by Deng as Party Secretary in Guangdong in the 1980s.