![Xi Jinping 1](http://beijingcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Xi-Jinping-1.jpeg)
People’s Daily has just published 23 photos of China’s Party Secretary, Xi Jinping (via Xinhua), from various stages of his life. In most of them — keeping with a theme — he looks ordinary. We’re sampling eight more after this top one — eight is auspicious, after all — but you should also check out the other 14, starting here, because one can never get too much of Xi Jinping.
More images of the vintage variety are here.
![Xi Jinping 7](http://beijingcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Xi-Jinping-7-540x362.jpeg)
![Xi Jinping 9](http://beijingcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Xi-Jinping-9-540x435.jpeg)
![Xi Jinping 8](http://beijingcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Xi-Jinping-8-540x380.jpeg)
![Xi Jinping 6](http://beijingcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Xi-Jinping-6-540x770.jpeg)
![Xi Jinping 5](http://beijingcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Xi-Jinping-5-540x723.jpeg)
![Xi Jinping 4](http://beijingcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Xi-Jinping-4-540x764.jpeg)
![Xi Jinping 3](http://beijingcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Xi-Jinping-3-540x378.jpeg)
![Xi Jinping 2](http://beijingcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Xi-Jinping-2-540x454.jpeg)
General Secretary Xi Jinping’s old pictures (People’s Daily via Xinhua, h/t Haisu T.)
Obviously a capitalist roader!
A dashing young man.
Is that second photo by the Yangtze river at Yichang, Hubei?