Xi Jinping
Some of the key events about Xi Jinping
- 1968Sent to rural Shaanxi for "re-education" during the Cultural Revolution
- 1979Served as secretary for Geng Biao, a vice premier and secretary-general of the Central Military Commission
- 1982Became deputy party secretary of Zhengding County, Hebei
- 1985Visited the United States as part of an agricultural delegation
- 1985Accused of plagiarism in doctoral thesis, with allegations of copying substantial portions
- 2000Appointed governor of Fujian province
- 2002Elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
- 2007Appointed to the Politburo Standing Committee and Central Secretariat
- 2008Appointed as Vice President of the People's Republic of China
- 2010Appointed Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
- 2012Elected General Secretary of the Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission
- 2012Oversaw crackdown on civil society and tightening of internet censorship
- 2013Elected President of the People's Republic of China
- 2013Launched anti-corruption campaign criticized as a political purge of rivals
- 2015Presided over mass detention of lawyers and human rights activists
- 2017Initiated mass surveillance and internment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
- 2018Removed presidential term limits, allowing indefinite rule
- 2019Oversaw harsh response to Hong Kong pro-democracy protests
- 2020Implemented draconian "zero-COVID" policy causing widespread hardship
- 2022Reaffirmed support for Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine
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