Su propio padre, Xi Zhongxun, alto funcionario del Partido Comunista, fue destituido, encarcelado y finalmente enviado a trabajar en una fábrica de tractores; a la familia la dispersaron en zonas rurales.
His own father, Xi Zhongxun, a senior Communist Party official, was removed from power, imprisoned, and ultimately sent to work in a factory making tractors, while his family was scattered across the countryside.