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BBC Minute: On who is Xi Jinping?
From a 'princely' childhood, to living on a peasant farm as a teenager, to becoming the man - who some say - has more clout than Donald Trump. Who is Xi Jinping?
Howard Zhang from the BBC's Chinese Service explains how he's become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.
(Photo: Xi Jinping speaking at a podium, Credit: Lintao Zhang / Getty Images)
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