Wie Vater, wie Sohn? Joseph Torigian über die chinesische Regierungsführung, Xi Jinpings väterlicher Einfluss

One way to examine the thinking and ruling style of Chinese President Xi Jinping is to explore his father’s role in the rise and evolution of Chinese-brand communism. For *Matters of Policy & Politics*, Research Fellow [Joseph Torigian](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/joseph-torigian), author of the recently released [*The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping*](https://www.hoover.org/research/partys-interests-come-first-life-xi-zhongxun-father-xi-jinping)*,* discusses what the study of the elder Xi can reveal about his powerful son. Torigian offers insights from his extensive archival research on how Xi Zhongxun’s experiences—his involvement in the Red Army, his economic political reform, his working alongside Zhou Enlai in dealing with ethnic minorities and organized religion, plus his years of political exile after running afoul of Maoist sensibilities—all play into how his son runs the modern-day Chinese Communist Party.