Xi Jinping's concern about losing the younger generation to liberalization, as documented in Joseph Tignor's book on Xi Jangshun (Xi's father) and the party's priorities, suggests Xi sees generational vulnerability as requiring an active propaganda and mobilization campaign to retain the loyalty of young Chinese.

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Larry Diamond

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uh moreover that you cannot lose the younger generation. Okay. And so it's very clear now that one of the things that Xiinping has embarked upon maybe with the fingers in the dyke to hold back modernization theory is a propaganda and mobilization campaign for the younger generation.

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Breaking The Engagement: How China Won And Lost America | Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:09:14 AM

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