China's first lady Peng Liyuan turns soft power on US audience:
She chatted with US first lady Melania Trump in English without a translator ...
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Peng Liyuan Projects China’s Softer Image in WashingtonDuring Xi’s Washington visit, she attended a youth choir performance at the Smithsonian museum on September 24.
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- Peng Liyuan is accompanying Chinese President Xi Jinping during his Washington visit as first lady.
- Peng spoke with Melania Trump in English without a translator and quietly sang along with a youth choir.
- Ambassador Xie Feng said she encouraged U.S. teenagers to continue studying Chinese language and culture.
- Analyst Joe Mazur said she gives otherwise hard-nosed U.S.-China diplomacy a more human face.
When he comes home, I've never thought of it as though there's some leader in the house. In my eyes, he's just my husband.— Peng Liyuan, in a 2007 interview with a state-run magazine
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