Chinese Vice President’s Wife, Peng Liyuan, is a Star Folk Singer

Xi Jinping may be a celebrity in Muscatine, Iowa, but his wife is a star in China.

The vice president’s wife, Peng Liyuan, is a well-known folk singer.

She has not given up her career for her husband and has appeared regularly in front of hundreds of millions of people at China’s Annual Spring Festival television pageants.

Anchor Marco Werman talks to journalist Shirong Chen about her music.

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