In the long arc of Chinese Communist Party history, Xi Zhongxun occupies a distinctive place. He was a revolutionary, a senior leader and, at times, a victim of political purges. Yet what makes him remarkable is not only his resilience but also his vision for managing China’s ethnic diversity. During the 1950s, as one of the Communist Party’s earliest experts on frontier governance, Xi Zhongxun believed that lasting stability could not be achieved through force alone. Instead, it required res...





