1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 The Party’s Interests Come First&amp;nbsp;is the first English-language biography of Xi Zhongxun, the father of China’s current leader, Xi Jinping. It is both a story of the Chinese revolution and the first several decades of the People’s Republic of China and a personal account of developing one’s own sense of identity within a larger political context. Drawing on an array of documents, interviews, diaries, and periodicals, Joseph Torigian introduces Xi Zhongxun. He&amp;nbsp;helped build the Communist base area that saved Mao Zedong in 1935,&amp;nbsp;worked closely with&amp;nbsp;top leaders&amp;nbsp;Zhou Enlai and Hu Yaobang,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;oversaw&amp;nbsp;the Special Economic Zones that launched China’s reform era.&amp;nbsp; In an interview conducted on&amp;nbsp;August&amp;nbsp;21, 2025,&amp;nbsp;Joseph Torigian,&amp;nbsp;in conversation with&amp;nbsp;Victor Shih, explores the organizational, ideological, and coercive power of the Chinese Communist Party through the life of Xi Zhongxun – and the huge cost in human suffering that accompanies it. About this program The US-China Podcast http://chinapodcast.libsyn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/39373615/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/196477495