Timeline: Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s rise and rule

The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping, the son of a communist revolutionary leader, was a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial chief during China’s economic boom before ascending to the very top a decade ago. On Sunday, China’s 69-year-old leader secured a widely expected third term as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party, paving the way for him to remain in power for at least five more years — and possibly longer. In his first decade in power, he tightened state control over the economy and society and promoted a more muscular foreign…