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Xi Mingze

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Xi Mingze
Tập minh trạch
Born(1992-06-25)25 June 1992(age 32)
Education
Alma materHarvard University(BA)
Parent(s)Xi Jinping(father)
Peng Liyuan(mother)
RelativesXi Zhongxun(grandfather)
Qi Xin(grandmother)
Qi Qiaoqiao(aunt)
Yannan Zhang (cousin)[1]
Hiu Ng (cousin)[1]

Xi Mingze(Chinese:Tập minh trạch;pinyin:Xí Míngzé;[ɕǐ mǐŋ.tsɤ̌];born 25 June 1992), nicknamedXiao Muzi(Chinese:Tiểu Mộc Tử),[2]is the only daughter ofXi Jinping,General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party,[3]and singerPeng Liyuan.[4]

Early life and education[edit]

Xi Mingze was born on 25 June 1992 at Fuzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital inFuzhou.She is the only child ofXi Jinpingand his wifePeng Liyuan.[5]Xi keeps a low profile, and not much of her personal information has been revealed to the public. She studied French at her high school,Hangzhou Foreign Language School,from 2006 to 2008.[6][2]Xi enrolled inHarvard Universityin the United States in 2010, after a year of undergraduate study atZhe gian g University.[7]She enrolled under apseudonym[8][9]and maintained a low profile.[10]In 2014, she graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and was thought to have returned to Beijing.[11]

Public life[edit]

Following the2008 Sichuan earthquake,Xi volunteered as a disaster relief worker for one week in Hanwang,Mianzhu.[2][12][13][6]In 2013, she made her first public appearance with her parents at the Liangjiahe village inYan'an,Shaanxi, where they offeredChinese New Yeargreetings to the locals.[14]She has been described as interested in reading and fashion.[2][12]

Information leak[edit]

According toRadio Free Asia,Niu Tengyu ( ngưu đằng vũ ) was arrested in 2019 for allegedly leaking pictures of Xi Mingze's ID card on a website calledesu.wiki.[15][16][17]Radio Free Asia reported that on 30 December 2020, theMaonan DistrictPeople's Court sentenced Niu to 14 years in prison and a 130,000RMBfine for "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble","infringing on citizens' personal information ", and" incitement of subversion of state power ", while the 23 others were given lesser sentences.[15]The case attracted the attention of theCongressional-Executive Commission on China,which said in 2022 it would investigate allegations of torture of those detained.[18]

References[edit]

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  2. ^abcd"Red Nobility: Xi Jinping's Harvard daughter".China Times.16 February 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 26 August 2015.Retrieved7 November2012.
  3. ^Epatko, Larisa (8 November 2012)."China to Choose New Slate of Leaders: How Will It Affect the U.S.?".PBS NewsHour.Archivedfrom the original on 21 January 2014.Retrieved9 November2012.
  4. ^Ewing, Kent (17 November 2007)."Beauty and the bores".Asia Times.Archived from the original on 16 May 2008.Retrieved7 November2012.{{cite news}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^Tập Cận Bình ở Phúc Châu ( mười ba ) | "Tập thư ký kia mấy năm là Phúc Châu phát triển nhanh nhất, tích lũy nhiều nhất thời kỳ" _ Dung Thành tin tức quan trọng _ Phúc Châu thị chính phủ nhân dân môn hộ trang web[Xi Jinping in Fuzhou (13) | "Secretary Xi's years were the period of fastest development and accumulation in Fuzhou" _ Rongcheng News _ Fuzhou Municipal People's Government Portal].Fuzhou.Archivedfrom the original on 11 January 2022.Retrieved11 January2022.
  6. ^ab"Who is Xi Jinping's mysterious daughter?".The New Zealand Herald.13 June 2023.Archivedfrom the original on 19 October 2022.Retrieved16 March2022.
  7. ^FlorCruz, Jaime A. (2 February 2012)."Who is Xi: China's next leader".CNN.Archivedfrom the original on 5 August 2019.Retrieved7 November2012.
  8. ^Liu, Melinda (18 January 2011)."Can't we just be friends?".Newsweek.Archivedfrom the original on 18 January 2011.Retrieved19 January2011.
  9. ^Jacobs, Andrew; Levin, Dan (17 April 2012)."Son's Parties and Privilege Aggravate Fall of Elite Chinese Family".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Archivedfrom the original on 13 May 2017.Retrieved14 May2023.
  10. ^Wong, Edward (26 April 2012)."In China, a Fall From Grace May Aid a Rise to Power".The New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on 4 May 2019.Retrieved7 November2012.
  11. ^Osnos, Evan (6 April 2015)."What Did China's First Daughter Find in America?".The New Yorker.Archivedfrom the original on 10 July 2022.Retrieved20 March2022.
  12. ^abChou, Jennifer (14 July 2008)."China's Star Princelings".The Weekly Standard.Archivedfrom the original on 17 September 2015.Retrieved7 November2012.
  13. ^Page, Jeremy (13 February 2012)."Meet China's Folk Star First Lady-in-Waiting".The Wall Street Journal.Archivedfrom the original on 11 May 2012.Retrieved7 November2012.
  14. ^"China: Xi Jinping's Harvard-educated daughter Xi Mingze makes first public appearance".Firstpost.14 February 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 13 March 2018.Retrieved9 August2020.
  15. ^abWu, Yitong; Chingman (27 January 2021). Mudie, Luisetta (ed.)."Court in China's Guangdong Jails 24 Over Posts on Xi Jinping's Family".Radio Free Asia.Archivedfrom the original on 11 April 2021.Retrieved23 April2021.
  16. ^"Man charged with leaking data on Xi's daughter sentenced to 14 years".UPI.Archivedfrom the original on 1 March 2022.Retrieved12 March2024.
  17. ^"China prosecutes people who posted leaked info on Xi's daughter".The Japan Times.24 April 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 13 June 2022.Retrieved12 March2024.
  18. ^"US committee on China calls for probe into VulgarWiki torture allegations".Radio Free Asia.11 February 2022.Archivedfrom the original on 13 December 2023.Retrieved12 March2024.

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