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Juilliard gives honorary doctorate to Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping

Award is recognition of Chinese folk music and reflection of closer cultural ties between China and US, popular soprano says

Peng Liyuan (2nd left), folk singing soprano and wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, receives her honorary doctorate from New York’s Juilliard School at a ceremony in Beijing on December 6. Photo: China Conservatory of Music

The wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the world-renowned Juilliard School for the performing arts in the United States.

Peng Liyuan – a soprano and popular folk singer – was presented with the degree at the China Conservatory of Music on Wednesday, the Beijing-based school said on Friday.