“The Party’s Interests Come First: Joseph Torigian’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑋𝑖 𝑍ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑥𝑢𝑛, 𝐹𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑋𝑖 𝐽𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔”  by Susan Blumberg-Kason

“The Party’s Interests Come First: Joseph Torigian’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑋𝑖 𝑍ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑥𝑢𝑛, 𝐹𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑋𝑖 𝐽𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔”  by Susan Blumberg-Kason

📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Joseph Torigian, The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping, Stanford University Press, 2025. 718 pgs. During the early months of the pandemic, the Hong Kong Studies symposium hosted Professor Joseph Torigian of American University to speak about his research on Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping, for a book he was then in the process of …