Chinese President Xi Jinping eats breakfast before dawn. He speaks in a "bold, down-to-earth manner" and is capable of drawing a room to nod in praise. And the head of state is incredibly diligent: While others are gathering for family dinners or watching TV, Xi is still burning the midnight oil. Xi Jinping, Milos Zeman Wang Zhao / AFP/Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, walks with Czech President Milos Zeman outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 27. (Wang Zhao / AFP/Getty Images) These are some of the revelations in an article published Monday in the Shanghai Observer newspaper, a largely state-funded new-media platform founded in January (read…