Xi Jinping Biography Flash: From Cave Shakespeare to Currency Wars and UK Diplomatic Thaw
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Xi Jinping Biography Flash: From Cave Shakespeare to Currency Wars and UK Diplomatic Thaw
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In the past few days, Chinese President Xi Jinping has been at the center of high-stakes diplomacy and bold economic signals, blending personal warmth with strategic power plays. On January 27, according to Chinas embassy in Lithuania, Xi hosted Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, urging deeper business ties, winter sports collaboration, and joint global leadership on multilateralism amid rising world risks. Xi emphasized mutual respect in China-Finland relations over 76 years and invited more Finns to explore Chinas ancient-modern blend.
The spotlight intensified on January 29 when Xi met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing, as detailed by the UK government site and Chinas Foreign Ministry. In a rare personal touch, The Observer reports Xi opened private talks by reminiscing about his Cultural Revolution youth in a rural cave, his secret 10-mile treks for Shakespeare books, and pub visits with David Cameron during the UK-China golden era. Starmer pledged a broader partnership, securing lifted sanctions on UK MPs, lower whisky tariffs, and business deals hailed as thawing an ice age. Xi pushed for true multilateralism against unilateralism, while Starmer raised Uyghur concerns and Jimmy Lai.
On the military front, AEI notes Xi expanded purges of top PLA officers by January 28, consolidating his grip despite growing isolation. Business-wise, a Telegraph India piece highlights Xis Qiushi journal article Saturday calling for a strong yuan to rival the dollar, boosting its use in trade with 50 nations via swaps and CIPS, amid BRICS currency talks.
Just hours ago on February 1, Xinhua reports Xi exchanged congratulations with Algerias President Tebboune over a successful Long March rocket launch of an Algerian satellite from Jiuquan, praising aerospace ties.
These moves underscore Xis biographical arc of engineering precision meets autocratic control, with UK warmth hinting at softer edges amid purges and currency challenges poised for long-term global impact. No verified social media mentions surfaced.
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