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'''Xi Jinping''' (born June 15, 1953)  is the President of the [[People's Republic of China]], current General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of China]]. In 2013, he became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and president of the state council.  He is also Chairman of the Central Military Commission.  

'''Xi Jinping''' (born June 15, 1953)  is the President of the [[People's Republic of China]], current General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of China]]. In 2013, he became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and president of the state council.  He is also Chairman of the Central Military Commission.  

He has made comments in favor of [[globalism]] to further China's economic growth and stabilize the Communist party's rigid control.<ref>Martel, Frances (November 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2018/11/05/xi-jinping-globalization-happen-independent-peoples-will/ Xi Jinping: Globalization Will Happen ‘Independent of People’s Will’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 7, 2018.</ref> <!--In 2016, he had the disastrous [[One-child Policy]] scrapped and replaced with a Two-Child Policy, but is currently discussing scrapping family limits altogether. -->

He has made comments in favor of [[globalism]] to further China's economic growth and stabilize the Communist party's rigid control.<ref>Martel, Frances (November 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2018/11/05/xi-jinping-globalization-happen-independent-peoples-will/ Xi Jinping: Globalization Will Happen ‘Independent of People’s Will’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 7, 2018.</ref> In 2016, he had the disastrous [[One-child Policy]] scrapped and replaced with a Two-Child Policy, but is currently discussing scrapping family limits altogether.

==Rise to power==

==Rise to power==

In communist parlance "anti-corruption" campaigns and "reform measures" refers to purging the power of rival factions in a non-democratic state and replacing the corrupt cronies of high-level functionaries with one's own. Xi Jinping first appeared in Western [[liberal media]] as a "reformer", gaining him the support and sympathy of Western [[journalist]]s and policymakers with a baseless assumption that the people of China viewed him as a reformer and corruption fighter, as well.

In communist parlance "anti-corruption" campaigns and "reform measures" refers to purging the power of rival factions in a non-democratic state and replacing the corrupt cronies of high-level functionaries with one's own. Xi Jinping first appeared in Western [[liberal media]] as a "reformer", gaining him the support and sympathy of Western [[journalist]]s and policymakers with a baseless assumption that the people of China viewed him as a reformer and corruption fighter, as well.