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In this Monday, April 17, 2017 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Long March 7 rocket carrying the Tianzhou 1 is transferred to the launching site in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province. China is preparing to launch its first unmanned cargo spacecraft on a mission to dock with the country's space station. The Tianzhou 1 was due to blast off at 7:41 p.m. (1141 GMT) Thursday atop a latest-generation Long March 7 rocket from China's newest spacecraft launch site. (Zeng Tao/Xinhua via AP)
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4. Xi Jinping, 64, current General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. As Xi holds the top offices of the party and the military, in addition to being the head of state through the office of the president, he is sometimes referred to as China's "Paramount Leader" and recognized by the party as its leadership "core". As General Secretary, Xi holds an ex-officio seat on the Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision-making body. Considered the central figure of the People's Republic's fifth generation of leadership, Xi has significantly centralized institutional power by taking on a wide range of leadership positions, including chairing the newly formed National Security Commission, as well as new steering committees on economic and social reforms, military reform, and the Internet. Xi has called for further market economic reforms, for governing according to the law and for strengthening legal institutions, with an emphasis on individual and national aspirations under the neologism "Chinese Dream". Xi has also championed a more assertive foreign policy, particularly with regards to Sino-Japanese relations, China's claims in the South China Sea, and its role as a leading advocate of free trade and globalization. He has also sought to expand China's regional influence through the One Belt, One Road initiative, played a leading role in the fight against climate change, and invested heavily in energy and natural resources. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pause in their walk after their meetings at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after their meetings at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump was meeting again with his Chinese counterpart Friday, with U.S. missile strikes on Syria adding weight to his threat to act unilaterally against the nuclear weapons program of China's ally, North Korea.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**
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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, sit as they pose for photographers before a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at at Mar-a-Lago resort Thursday in Palm Beach, Florida. The two are expected to discuss North Korea in their meeting. However, columnist L. Todd Wood notes in his column that South Korea has been absent from discussions involving North Korea. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Illustration on China and Taiwan by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In this Sunday, March 19, 2017 photo, a worker fixes a bicycle's tyre at the repair station for the bike-sharing company Ofo in Beijing, China. As many as 2.2 million of these two-wheelers have been deployed, which are available for rent for as little as U.S. 7 cents for half an hour, in the latest symbol of heavy spending in China's internet sector where startups are in a race to attract more users to their services. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo, a commuter uses a bike-sharing app to unlock a bicycle from bike-sharing company Mobike in Beijing, China. As many as 2.2 million of these two-wheelers have been deployed, which are available for rent for as little as U.S. 7 cents for half an hour, in the latest symbol of heavy spending in China's internet sector where startups are in a race to attract more users to their services. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo, a woman walks past a bicycle of bike-sharing company Ofo with its seat removed parked near a bicycle from its competitor Bluegogo on the sidewalk in Beijing, China. As many as 2.2 million of these two-wheelers have been deployed, which are available for rent for as little as 7 cents a ride, in the latest symbol of heavy spending in China's internet sector where startups are in a race to attract more users to their services. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2014, file photo, one-month-old triplet panda cubs receive body checks at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province when China announced the birth of extremely rare panda triplets in another success for the country's artificial breeding program. China is planning to create a preserve for the giant panda that will be three times the size of Yellowstone National Park in the western U.S. The Xinhua News Agency says the panda preserve will incorporate parts of three western provinces to provide an unbroken range for the endangered animals in which they can meet and mate in the interests of enriching their gene pool. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Journalists take photographs of the giant panda Bao Bao as it is moved on a forklift at its new home at the panda research base in Dujiangyan in southwest China's Sichuan province Friday, March 24, 2017. It was the first public appearance for Bao Bao after the beloved panda was returned to China from Washington's National Zoo. (Chinatopix via AP)
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China soccer fans celebrate their team's 1-0 win over South Korea in the 2018 World Cup qualifier match in Changsha in central China's Hunan Province on Thursday, March 23, 2017. China won 1-0. (Color China Photo via AP)
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Under the Paris climate agreement, China and India face far fewer restrictions than does the United States, a sticking point with President Trump, who says that the U.S. facing much stricter policies is one reason he wishes to exit the nonbinding accord.(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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Peng Shuai, of China, returns a shot to Venus Williams at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Venus Williams returns a shot to Peng Shuai, of China, at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
