Xi Mingze
Xi Mingze | |
|---|---|
习明泽 | |
| Born | June 25, 1992 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Other names | Xiao Muzi |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, Psychology) |
| Parents |
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Xi Mingze (simplified Chinese: 习明泽; traditional Chinese: 習明澤; pinyin: Xí Míngzé; [ɕǐ mǐŋ.tsɤ̌]; born June 25, 1992), nicknamed Xiao Muzi (小木子; 'Little Wood'),[1] is the only child of Chinese paramount leader and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping[2] and operatic-style traditional singer Peng Liyuan.[3]
Early life and education
Xi Mingze was born on June 25, 1992 at Fuzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital in Fuzhou. She is the only child of Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan.[4] Xi keeps a low profile and not much of her personal information has been revealed to the public. From 2006 to 2008, she studied French at her high school, Hangzhou Foreign Language School.[5][1] Xi enrolled in Harvard University in the US in 2010, after a year of undergraduate study at Zhejiang University.[6] She enrolled under a pseudonym,[7][8] and maintained a low profile.[9] In 2014, she graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and was thought to have returned to Beijing.[10] In February 2022, US congresswoman Vicky Hartzler's press release revealed Xi had reenrolled for graduate studies in 2019 and is living in the US.[11]
Public life
Following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Xi volunteered as a disaster relief worker for one week in Hanwang, Mianzhu.[1][12][13][14] In 2013, she made her first public appearance with her parents at the Liangjiahe village in Yan'an, Shaanxi, where they offered Chinese New Year greetings to the locals.[15] She has been described as interested in reading and fashion.[1][12]
Information leak
According to US state media outlet Radio Free Asia, in 2019, Niu Tengyu (牛騰宇) was arrested for allegedly leaking pictures of Xi Mingze's ID card on a website called esu.wiki.[16] Human rights group China Change criticized the alleged use of torture and sleep deprivation to extract confessions from the suspects.[17] Radio Free Asia reported that on 30 December 2020, the Maonan District People's Court sentenced Niu to 14 years in prison and a 130,000 RMB fine 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.[16]
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- ^ Liu, Melinda (18 January 2011). "Can't we just be friends?". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Andrew Jacobs and Dan Levin, Son's Parties and Privilege Aggravate Fall of Elite Chinese Family Archived 13 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine, New York Times, 16 April 2012.
- ^ WONG, EDWARD (26 April 2012). "In China, a Fall From Grace May Aid a Rise to Power". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ "What Did China's First Daughter Find in America?". The New Yorker. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Everington, Keoni (2 February 2022). "Congresswoman reveals Xi Jinping's daughter living in US". Taiwan News. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Chou, Jennifer (14 July 2008). "China's Star Princelings". The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ Page, Jeremy (13 February 2012). "Meet China's Folk Star First Lady-in-Waiting". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
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- ^ "China: Xi Jinping's Harvard-educated daughter Xi Mingze makes first public appearance – Firstpost". First Post. 14 February 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ a b Wu, Yitong; Chingman. "Court in China's Guangdong Jails 24 Over Posts on Xi Jinping's Family". Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ "In China, 24 Members of a Subculture Website Sentenced, the Main 'Culprit' Gets 14 Years in Prison". China Change. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
