Hu Xijin
Hu Xijin | |||||||
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胡锡进 | |||||||
Hu in 2021 | |||||||
| Editor-in-chief and CCP committee secretary of Global Times | |||||||
| In office 2005–2021 | |||||||
| Editor-in-chief | Himself | ||||||
| Preceded by | Title established | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Fan Zhengwei (Party Secretary) Wu Yimin (Editor-in-chief) | ||||||
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| Born | April 7, 1960 Beijing, China | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||
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| Occupation | Editor, Journalist | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 胡锡进 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 胡錫進 | ||||||
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Hu Xijin (Chinese: 胡锡进; born 7 April 1960) is a Chinese journalist who previously served as editor-in-chief and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Global Times from 2005 to 2021.
Hu is one of the most popular opinion leaders in China. Hu's writing is often nationalistic and provocative. According to academic Lin Mao, Hu genuinely regards himself as a professional journalist whose mission is to shape public opinion to make China stronger. Hu has been described by various media of being a political propagandist and was an early adopter of China's "wolf warrior" communication strategy of loudly denouncing perceived criticism of the Chinese government and its policies.