Xi Jinping has proven to be one of the most transformative political leaders of the twenty-first century. After a long career that began at the village level, he became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and China''s paramount leader in 2012. Few expected what would come next: a sweeping restructuring of China''s political economy and political culture which included anti-corruption campaigns against the Party, and a full recalibration of China''srelations with the outside world. In Xi Jinping, Alfred L. Chan offers a comprehensive account of his life and times.Chan discusses Xi''s early years as a "princeling" and his ordeal during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution. Xi''s privileged childhood was shattered during his youth when he was mercilessly tormented as a counter-revolutionary, declared a juvenile delinquent and pauper, ultimately becoming an ordinary peasant. But he clawed his way back up a ladder of success reflecting the changing zeitgeist of the times. He ente