Who is Xi Jinping?

59-year old Xi Jinping has been China's vice president since 2008, albeit with a much lower profile than other Chinese leaders.

His father was a revolutionary hero under Mao Zedong who became the country's vice premier more than five decades earlier.

It was the elder Xi's connections that would help the young Jinping rise through the ranks so quickly.

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