China's Communist pilgrims pay homage in Xi Jinping village

China's Communist pilgrims pay homage in Xi Jinping village Liangjiahe, China (AFP) Nov 13, 2016 - Three caves in a remote Chinese village where Xi Jinping was sent during the Cultural Revolution receive a constant stream of Communist pilgrims, come to pay homage four years after he came to power. Xi, then 15, was ordered to Liangjiahe in 1969 as part of Mao Zedong's "Up to the Mountain and Down to the Countryside Movement", which saw educated city youth deployed to rural areas. The u ... more

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