In this rare interview from 2004, Xi Jinping, then Party Secretary of Zhejiang Province, described his early years in Yan’an when he was an “educated youth” ...
It really is astounding to think that the leader of China is a party apparatchik that actually did shit. Like, he spent years in the countryside making the lives of people better. Imagine literally any Western politician from anywhere doing anything that actively helps people and then getting rewarded for doing a good job enough that they end up becoming leader of their nation. It's an entirely different paradigm from what I'm used to and I still often find it unbelievable.
dude literally had a shit explosion cake him in poop, then proceeded to create little shit exploders across an entire province to heat peoples houses, and now hes the leader of the free world
It really is astounding to think that the leader of China is a party apparatchik that actually did shit. Like, he spent years in the countryside making the lives of people better. Imagine literally any Western politician from anywhere doing anything that actively helps people and then getting rewarded for doing a good job enough that they end up becoming leader of their nation. It's an entirely different paradigm from what I'm used to and I still often find it unbelievable.
dude literally had a shit explosion cake him in poop, then proceeded to create little shit exploders across an entire province to heat peoples houses, and now hes the leader of the free world
The prince who was promised, harnessing shit for the greater good :take-a-xiat: :xi-clap: :xi-lib-tears: