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Daughter of Xi Jinping (born 1992) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xi Mingze (Chinese: 习明泽; pinyin: Xí Míngzé; [ɕǐ mǐŋ.tsɤ̌]; born 25 June 1992), nicknamed Xiao Muzi (Chinese: 小木子),[2] is the only child of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party,[3] and singer Peng Liyuan.[4]
Xi Mingze | |
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习明泽 | |
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Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) |
Parent(s) | Xi Jinping (father) Peng Liyuan (mother) |
Relatives | Xi Zhongxun (grandfather) Qi Xin (grandmother) Qi Qiaoqiao (aunt) Yannan Zhang (cousin)[1] Hiu Ng (cousin)[1] |
Xi Mingze was born on 25 June 1992 at Fuzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital in Fuzhou. She is the only child of Xi Jinping and his wife Peng 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 in Harvard University in the United States in 2010, after a year of undergraduate study at Zhejiang University.[7] She enrolled under a pseudonym[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]
Following the 2008 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 in Yan'an, Shaanxi, where they offered Chinese New Year greetings to the locals.[14] She has been described as interested in reading and fashion.[2][12]
According to Radio Free Asia, Niu Tengyu (牛騰宇) was arrested in 2019 for allegedly leaking pictures of Xi Mingze's ID card on a website called esu.wiki.[15][16][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.[15] The case attracted the attention of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which said in 2022 it would investigate allegations of torture of those detained.[18]