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Thu February 16, 2012
NPR Story

After 20 Years, China's Xi Jinpin Goes Back To Iowa

China vice President Xi Jinping first encountered America through the eyes of Iowans. In 1985, he was just a mid-level Communist Party official on an exchange trip to the Hawkeye State. At a formal dinner Wednesday night, he fondly remembered his initial visit to America.

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