Snchez has company being new to the world leader club. On the other hand, Vladimir Putin speaks both English and German. The survey indicated that a median 29% have confidence in Xi Jinping to do the right thing regarding world affairs, meanwhile a median of 45% have no confidence. [9] In 1982, he was sent to Zhengding County in Hebei as deputy party secretary of Zhengding County. which China sees as a threat but which South Korea says is a defence measure against North Korea. This visit included meeting with then U.S. president Barack Obama at the White House[54] and then vice president Joe Biden; and stops in California and Iowa, where he met with the family that previously hosted him during his 1985 tour as a Hebei provincial official. He does, however, have to communicate in English with a bus prompter, which isnt always helpful. Rather than dining out, Xi and his entourage ate regular hotel buffet. [98], Political observers have called Xi the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong, especially since the ending of presidential two-term limits in 2018. While visiting Shandong, the birthplace of Confucius, in November, he told scholars that the Western world was "suffering a crisis of confidence" and that the CCP has been "the loyal inheritor and promoter of China's outstanding traditional culture. The following day Xi led the new line-up of the PSC onto the stage in their first public appearance. [344] Xi's push for greater integration has created fears of decreasing freedoms in Hong Kong. [83][84] Chairing the 2018 China Cyberspace Governance Conference on 20 and 21 April 2018, Xi committed to "fiercely crack down on criminal offenses including hacking, telecom fraud, and violation of citizens' privacy. The most notable new body is the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms. However, according to a study by the Pew Research Center in 2016, the average European knows six languages. How widely spoken is English in Chile, Vietnam, and Germany? [284] Relations with the U.S. soured after Donald Trump became president in 2017. Answer (1 of 7): It's a legacy of Japan's "" policy. [157] Xi has stressed the importance of "high-quality growth" rather than "inflated growth". When it comes to English, its unexpected that he shifted between. In August 2022, Zelenskyy said that since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Xi Jinping had refused all his requests for direct talks with him. [373] Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency said that Xi "personally reviews every draft of major policy documents" and "all reports submitted to him, no matter how late in the evening, were returned with instructions the following morning". [3] Xi had two older sisters, Qiaoqiao, born in 1949 and An'an (; n'n), born in 1952. [135][136] On 17 March 2018, the Chinese legislature reappointed Xi as president, now without term limits; Wang Qishan was appointed vice president. [361] According to activists, "Xi is waging the most severe systematic suppression of Christianity in the country since religious freedom was written into the Chinese constitution in 1982", and according to pastors and a group that monitors religion in China, has involved "destroying crosses, burning bibles, shutting churches and ordering followers to sign papers renouncing their faith". Like many of Xi's most aggressive and important statements, his Sixth Plenum speech was initially kept secret. [474] In the spring of 2019, the Pew Research Center made a survey on confidence on Xi Jinping among six-country medians based on Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines and South Korea. However, of the 151 alternate members of the Central Committee elected at the 15th Party Congress, Xi received the lowest number of votes in favour, placing him last in the rankings of members, ostensibly due to his status as a princeling. [449], In September 2017, the CCP Central Committee decided that Xi's political philosophies, generally referred to as "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era", would become part of the Party Constitution. [81], Since Xi became the CCP general secretary, censorship, including internet censorship, has been significantly stepped up. While the French may loathe to admit it, English has long been the accepted language of global diplomacy. As a self-proclaimed ultra-nationalist, it will come as no surprise that Abe only speaks Japanese. He has some English knowledge and has heard to speak it occasionally, though he generally sticks to his native Mandarin. [222] In this pursuit, Xi has emphasised the need to "tell China's story well" (), meaning expanding China's external propaganda () and communications. [281] The U.S. has been critical of Chinese actions in the South China Sea. Both are viewed as strong leaders with a nationalist orientation who are not afraid to assert themselves against Western interests. [81] Wang further adds that Xi has a belief that only the CCP is capable of governing China, and that a collapse of the party would be disastrous for the Chinese people. 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Also, whenever he travels to Germany or German-speaking countries, he constantly opts to use German and has used it in sanctioned functions. "[414], According to several analysts, Xi's leadership has been characterised by a resurgence of the ancient political philosophy Legalism. [55], A few months before his ascendancy to the party leadership, Xi disappeared from official media coverage and cancelled meeting with foreign officials for several weeks beginning on 1 September 2012, causing rumors. Xi also said that they "are willing to create broad space for peaceful reunification, but will leave no room for any form of separatist activities. [444], Document No. Peng Liyuanm. [396] In September 2021, Xi announced that China will not build "coal-fired power projects abroad, which was said to be potentially "pivotal" in reducing emissions. It's a digital strategy that drives all efforts within China, not - it's - this is not just a industrial strategy.