Xi Jinping Heads to Muscatine, Iowa
Downtown Muscatine, looking towards the Mississippi River. (Photo: Henry/Wikipedia)
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has been huddling with politicians in Washington.
He leaves the Beltway and heads for America’s heartland Wednesday.
Muscatine, Iowa, specifically, to reconnect with locals who hosted him back in 1985 when he studied hog raising.
Anchor Marco Werman talks to Chris Steinbach, editor at the Muscatine Journal.
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