This is a recording of the September 5 live conversation I had with Professor Joseph Torigian about his excellent book on Xi Jinping’s father - The Party's Interests Come First - The Life of Xi Zhongxun, the importance of history to the Party and to Xi Jinping, and how we might view the recent commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the “Victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War”.
You can view an AI-generated transcript of our discussion here by clicking on the “transcript” button in this menu bar:
You can follow Professor Torigian on X. The tweet he mentioned about Kim Jong-il, Xi Zhongxun and Peng Liyuan:
Some of the books and videos we mentioned:
The biography of Peng Zhen - 彭真：毛澤東的「親密戰友」（1941-1966)
Yanhuang Chunqiu 炎黄春秋 archives
Thanks for watching/listening. Have a great weekend!
