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Peng Liyuan is a popular Chinese folk music and opera singer and the wife of Chinese president, Xi Jinping. A native of Yuncheng County, Shandong, Peng was a finalist at the First National TV Chinese Vocal Contest and is best known for works including People from Our Village and On the Plains of Hope.
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Peng Liyuan hosts her counterpart Iriana Joko Widodo during display of soft power, describing the nations as ‘important neighbours’ and saying ‘music knows no borders’.
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She watched Cantonese opera rehearsals and had ‘warm chats with the actors and members of the performance troupe’.
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She is likely to visit the Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera after arriving on Thursday, says government source.
Outpost of famed New York performing arts conservatory started operating last year but recent inauguration praises US-China cultural exchange.
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Recognised at home and in China for her beauty and brains, this young member of Cambodia’s much revered but low-key royal family is starting to make her mark
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Dissecting the wardrobes of women in seats of power, whether it’s the wives of leaders or those in the hot seat themselves, is a favourite pastime of the public
Filmmaker Zhang Yimou oversees gala show in Beijing, with more than 60,000 people from all walks of life taking centre stage.
Ri Sol-ju and Peng Liyuan both steal the spotlight during North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s two-day visit to Beijing
In rural Peng village in eastern China, nervous officials won't discuss the early life of President Xi Jinping's glamorous wife, writes Hazel Knowles. Neighbours recall a skinny girl who lived in a mud-walled house and was strapped to her mother's back as she worked in the fields.
Wife of Chinese president, Peng Liyuan, helps to revive Mao-era opera
