Les Misérables
Victor Hugo · 1862
"My heart was shaking when I read the part where Bishop Myriel redeemed Jean Valiean from his sin"
Spotted in Understanding Xi through his book list
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Xi Jinping
President of China
General secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and president of China since 2012-2013; the architect of the Belt and Road and the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao.
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Das Kapital
Karl Marx · 1867
"Some think the political economics of Marxism is outdated, and Das Kapital is outdated, which is a rash judgment and is incorrect"
Spotted in Understanding Xi through his book list
Hamlet
William Shakespeare · 1603
"I was enchanted by the ups and downs in the plots, the vivid characters and plaintive emotions displayed in the stories by Shakespeare"
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What Is to Be Done?
Nikolay Chernyshevsky · 1863
"I read his What Is to Be Done? while living in the cave dwellings of Liangjiahe, and it had a profound impact on me"
Spotted in Foreign classics inspire Chinese President Xi · 2024-11-04
Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808
"he walked over a dozen kilometers of bumpy and dusty country road to borrow it"
Spotted in Foreign classics inspire Chinese President Xi · 2024-11-04
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