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Peng Liyuan (Chinese: 彭丽媛; pinyin: Péng Lìyuán; born 20 November 1962) is a Chinese contemporary folk singer and the wife of Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China.
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Before Xi became president in 2012, Peng, one of the most beloved singers in China, was much more famous than her husband. Born in 1962, Peng came from a family of artists in Shandong province. Her mother was a famous Chinese classic opera actress. In 1984, she joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Music Band, which has been the home of China's...
Xi's colleagues at the Party's propaganda departmenthave used his relationship with Peng to soften his image since he became the most powerful man in China in 2013. State media made much of their love story, a highly unusual move for the Party's leadership, which for decades hid their personal lives from the Chinese public. In 1986, Peng, then 24, ...
Peng often accompanied her husband on diplomatic visits abroad, joining other leaders' spouses for international meetings and serving as a UNESCO Special Envoy for Girls' and Women's Education. In the history of the People's Republic of China,there has never been a first lady like Peng. In the 1950s, there was an unspoken rule about diplomatic visi...
Peng has transformed the role of China's first lady to become increasingly like the one played by the spouses of US presidents. In the early years of his husband's rule, Peng forged a close bond with US first lady Michelle Obama. "I think Michelle Obama and Peng Liyuan actually have shown their stylish, efficient and refined manner to build relatio...
Experts say great care is taken to make sure she never overshadow her husband, even though she is more popular among people. Jiang Qing shows the dangers for a first lady who grabs too much power in China. Mao's fourth wife was a former actress who rose to power and became the leading figure of the "Gang of Four", a political faction that ruled the...
Jun 5, 2013 · 5 June 2013. Ms Peng is China's first high-profile first lady since the late wife of Mao Zedong. Peng Liyuan is getting into her stride as China's new first lady, more than two months after her...
China’s new first lady, Peng Liyuan? She has Ma Ke. For years, Ma has been one of China’s most successful and cutting-edge fashion designers, but also one of its most reclusive.
Mar 23, 2013 · Peng Liyuan, wife of China’s new president Xi Jinping, made her debut as China’s First Lady this week accompanying Xi in his first overseas trip as China’s new state president.
Mar 13, 2013 · But today his celebrity folk singer wife – Peng Liyuan – swept to centre stage, following the revelation that she will not only be accompanying him on his first foreign tour, but also giving...
Nov 17, 2012 · Nov. 16, 2012. BEIJING — Peng Liyuan, China’s most enduring pop-folk icon, is beloved for her glass-cracking soprano and her ability to take on such roles as a coquettish Tibetan yak herder,...
