59-year old Xi Jinping has been China's vice president since 2008, albeit with a much lower profile than other Chinese leaders.<br /><br />His father was a revolutionary hero under Mao Zedong who became the country's vice premier more than five decades earlier.<br /><br />It was the elder Xi's connections that would help the young Jinping rise through the ranks so quickly.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/