Dictator vs Democracy: The rise of Xi Jinping and China? Explained

Think School September 13, 2025
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⭐️Check out Odoo : https://www.odoo.com/r/JvC ⭐️ Think School’s flagship Communication course with live doubt sessions : https://thethinkschool.com/sp/communication-masterclass/ VIDEO INTRODUCTION: The year was 1968. Globally, it was a moment of revolution. Students marched in Paris, Martin Luther King Jr. had just been assassinated, and the U.S. was at the height of the Vietnam War. Japan and South Korea were beginning their economic miracle. And yet, in the heart of Asia, China was drowning in its own blood!! Mao Zedong’s dictatorship had unleashed such horrific policies that millions were starving. Families crumbled, children died in their parents’ arms, and villages simply vanished from hunger. Meanwhile, in the cities, it wasn’t hunger — it was terror. Teachers, writers, even senior leaders were dragged from their homes, beaten in public, and jailed for imaginary crimes. Fear had replaced trust. So the world’s oldest civilisation — once built on family, wisdom, and respect — had now descended into chaos, hunger, and betrayal. And among the so-called “traitors”… was the family of a 15-year-old boy named Xi Jinping. Xi’s father had once fought beside Mao in the revolution. But one false accusation of “disloyalty”… and the family was ruined. Xi was sent to a desolate village in Beijing with no electricity. No schools. No food. For seven years, this was his home. He slept on flea-infested beds, hauled manure through rice paddies, and lived as the “son of a traitor.” But little did the people of China know that this boy, the disgraced son of a traitor, One day, he would rise to become the most powerful leader in China and the second most powerful man on earth. The question is: how did a banished boy in a dying country rise to become the most powerful man in China?? What were his strategies to climb the ladder of the toughest political network in the world? And most importantly, what are the lessons that Xi's rise can teach us about power, politics, and survival? Our Best Indian Business Case Studies: 1. Dhirubhai https://youtu.be/bSx6hDjALkQ?si=wE6PGMgiv7PpHdla 2. Milky mist https://youtu.be/-98fnc4VAo8?si=NtKHTWjvtr_9V8ne 3. Old Monk https://youtu.be/GQPymbqa08A?si=BXhcZhDPXt9wTxO4 4. Waaree https://youtu.be/T1PLEPTbXc4?si=3VbRKyBnd-3Trfqt 5. Blinkit https://youtu.be/OGs2YsqvWDg?si=bZ_AqkdGEsl2X3xW ✅Study Materials: XI JINPING C: Political Career, Governance, and Leadership, 1953-2018 https://amzn.in/d/0nLxm99 CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping https://amzn.in/d/7riWUgz China Renaissance, The: The Rise Of Xi Jinping And The 18th Communist Party Congress https://amzn.in/d/agIlMZh https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-02-22/Xi-Jinping-s-Semi-Suburban-Economic-Model-lifts-county-out-of-poverty-Y44lZ0xNf2/index.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/30/interactive Think School is a Digital School that we all deserved, but never had ►►Check out Think School's Online courses: /thethinkschool.com/sp/communication-masterclass/ #thinkschool #businesscasestudy #geopolitics Credits: CNN-News 18, WION, NBC News, Money control pro, Business standard, TV18,Business Today, ABC news, CNBC, ET now ,Bloomberg originals, Financial Times, DW documentary, AL Jazeera English, BBC news, Firstpost.

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