Oct 15,2015 Special Forum Xi Jinping as Historian: Marxist, Chinese, Nationalist, Global “Only by having a correct recognition of history can it be possible for us to open up a better future. … Forgetting history signifies betrayal.”1 In February 2014, a little over a year after Xi Jinping ascended to power as the secretary general of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and then the president of the […] Alison Kaufman China Dream , China's national rejuvenation , Chinese history , Chineseness , National identity , Victory Day