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, and sang along quietly when serenaded by a youth choir, looking effortlessly glamorous in a ‌modern take on a traditional Chinese outfit.

On Chinese President Xi Jinping's Washington trip, his wife Peng Liyuan is his soft power superweapon, projecting a gentler, more approachable image of China, despite its disputes with the United States over everything from trade to Taiwan.

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