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Peng Liyuani

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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The absence of a Beijing official at the funeral of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe was a telling reminder of the strained ties between the two countries

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A rare video depicting the relationship between President Xi Jinping and his celebrity wife, Peng Liyuan, has attracted 150 million views in the nearly three weeks since it was posted online.

  • Peng accompanied her husband, President Xi Jinping, to Indonesia and Thailand for last week’s G20 and Apec summits
  • She attended events held alongside those meetings in what was seen as an effort to show a more friendly side of China
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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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Barricades deployed near Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai; officers patrol area ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival.

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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

Out of 184 self-made female billionaires in the world, 78 per cent are from China, and Chinese women are purchasing suits by Dior, Chloé and Celine for the workplace

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

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.