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Where did Xi Jinping grow up?
Xi Jinping was born in Beijing on 15 June 1953.
Where did Xi Jinping attend school?
From 1975 to 1979, Xi Jinping studied chemical engineering at Beijing's Tsinghua University as a Worker-Peasant-Soldier student.
Was Xi Jinping involved in the Cultural Revolution?
In May 1966, the Cultural Revolution cut short Xi Jinping's secondary education when all secondary classes were halted for students to criticise and fight their teachers.

Question: Was his father a member of the Communist government?
Self-contained rewrite: Was his father a member of the Communist government?