An impeccable Communist career, one might think, giving his son no need to distance himself or to complete a frustrated ambition. But Xi’s nationalism, too, has a history.
习仲勋无可挑剔的共产主义生涯令其子既无需有意疏远也没有未竞的事业需要完成。但习的民族主义诉求同样根深蒂固。