Author | Xi Jinping |
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Language | Chinese |
Publisher | Zhejiang People's Publishing House[1] |
Publication date | August 2007 |
Publication place | People's Republic of China |
Pages | 273 |
ISBN | 9787213035081 |
Zhijiang Xinyu (Chinese: 之江新语) is a book written by Xi Jinping, then the party secretary of Zhejiang Province using the pen name "Zhexin" (Chinese: 哲欣). It was initially a personal column about political ideas published on the front page of Zhejiang Daily from 25 February 2003, to 25 March 2007.[2][3][4] Xi published 232 essays in this column. In August 2007, these essays were published in a book also titled Zhijiang Xinyu in chronological order. The name of this book's English edition first published in 2019 is Zhejiang, China: A New Version for Development.[5]
The Zhejiang Daily from 2003 to 2007 published the Zhijiang Xinyu, or New Words, column on the front page. The writer of the column used a pen name, but sources familiar with the matter say Chen was writing them based on Xi's own words. At the time, Xi was Zhejiang's top official ...... A "Zhijiang Xinyu" book was published in 2007 after it was disclosed that Xi was behind the columns.