Terracotta Army is the first time in more than 10 years that the warriors have travelled to the UK. Terracotta Army The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting the emperor in his afterlife. The figures, dating from approximately the late third century BCE, were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, People's Republic of China, Shaanxi province. The figures vary in height according to their roles,
Xi Jinping of Humanities and Social Sciences, again at Tsinghua University. He obtained a Doctor of Law (LLD) degree covering the fields of law, politics, management, and revolutionary history. Xi joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1971. In 1973 he applied to join the Communist Party of China 10 times and was finally accepted on his tenth attempt in 1974. In 1982, he was sent to Zhengding County in Hebei as deputy party secretary of Zhengding County. He was promoted in 1983 to secretary, becoming the top official of the county. Xi subsequently served in four provinces during his regional