Xi Mingze

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Xi Mingze
Born (1992-06-27) June 27, 1992
Nationality Chinese
Alma mater Hangzhou Foreign Language School
Zhejiang University
Harvard University
Relatives Xi Jinping (father)
Peng Liyuan (mother)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xi.

Xi Mingze, (simplified Chinese: 习明泽; traditional Chinese: 習明澤; pinyin: Xí Míngzé; born June 27, 1992; nicknamed Xiao Muzi (小木子)),[1] is the only child and daughter of Chinese Leader Xi Jinping,[2] and folk singer Peng Liyuan.[3][4]

Life and career

She worked in disaster relief for the May floods[5] and is described as interested in reading and fashion.[1][6] In 2008, Xi went to Hanwang, Sichuan, which was devastated by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, to serve as a volunteer for seven days.[1][6][7]

Education

During 2006 to 2008, she studied French at her high school Hangzhou Foreign Language School.[1] Xi enrolled at Harvard University, as a freshman in 2010 after a year of undergraduate study at Zhejiang University,[8] in May or the autumn of 2010 under a pseudonym.[9][10] At Harvard, Xi maintains a low profile.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Staff Reporter (February 16, 2012). "Red Nobility: Xi Jinping's Harvard daughter". Want China Times. Retrieved 7 November 2012. 
  2. ↑ Epatko, Larisa (November 8, 2012). "China to Choose New Slate of Leaders: How Will It Affect the U.S.?". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved November 9, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "习近平 彭丽媛：携手19年 家有小女习明泽" (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 
  4. ↑ Ewing, Kent (November 17, 2007). "Beauty and the bores". Asia Times Online. Retrieved November 7, 2012. 
  5. ↑ http://www.womenofchina.cn/html/report/93649-1.html
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 CHOU, JENNIFER (July 14, 2008). "China's Star Princelings". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved November 7, 2012. 
  7. ↑ Page, Jeremy (February 13, 2012). "Meet China’s Folk Star First Lady-in-Waiting". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 7, 2012. 
  8. ↑ FlorCruz, Jaime A. (February 2, 2012). "Who is Xi: China's next leader". CNN. Retrieved November 7, 2012. 
  9. ↑ Liu, Melinda (18 January 2011). "Can't we just be friends?". Newsweek. Retrieved 19 January 2011. 
  10. ↑ Andrew Jacobs and Dan Levin, Son’s Parties and Privilege Aggravate Fall of Elite Chinese Family, New York Times, 16 April 2012.
  11. ↑ WONG, EDWARD (April 26, 2012). "In China, a Fall From Grace May Aid a Rise to Power". The New York Times. Retrieved November 7, 2012. 

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