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I always found the leaked reports on Xi were fascinating [1]

> Xi is apparently painted by US officials as an elitist ‘who believes that the offspring of Maoist revolutionaries are the rightful rulers of China.’

> On the question of human rights, the cables apparently have little to say on Xi’s views, but they do note that his father was critical of the crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protesters and also that the Dalai Lama apparently had ‘great affection’ for Xi’s father.

> There’s also mention of Xi’s now notorious (and not very diplomatic) outburst during his trip to Mexico a couple of years ago, when he complained to some overseas Chinese that: ‘There are some well-fed foreigners with nothing to do, who point to China and make unnecessary accusations.’

1. https://thediplomat.com/2011/02/wikileaks-on-xi-jinping/