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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to deliver his speech at the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, China, Sunday, May 14, 2017. Putin is in China to attend a two-day "Belt and Road" conference hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing that brought together leaders from 29 countries. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech at the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, China, Sunday, May 14, 2017. Putin is in China to attend a two-day "Belt and Road" conference hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing that brought together leaders from 29 countries. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech at the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, China, Sunday, May 14, 2017. Putin is in China to attend a two-day "Belt and Road" conference hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing that brought together leaders from 29 countries. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaking at the opening of the Belt and Road Forum is displayed on a big screen near a decoration depicting Chinese admiral Zheng He who commanded expeditionary voyages across Asia and East Africa in the 15th century in Beijing, China, Sunday, May 14, 2017. China will seek to burnish President Xi Jinping's stature as a world-class statesman at the international gathering centered on his signature foreign policy effort that envisions a future world order in which all roads lead to Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping envisions a future world order in which all roads lead to Beijing. (Associated Press/File)

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In this March 17, 2017, photo and released by China Aid, Chen Guiqiu, right, holds a "Welcome to America" sign with her daughters Xie Yajuan, 15, and Xie Yuchen, 4, after arriving at an airport in Texas. Chen whose husband, prominent rights lawyer Xie Yang, is held on charge of inciting subversion made a harrowing flight from China with her daughters chased by Chinese security agents across Southeast Asia. (China Aid via AP)

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A member of staff gives signal in front of China's home-grown C919 passenger jet after it landed on its maiden flight at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, Friday, May 5, 2017. The first large Chinese-made passenger jetliner C919 took off Friday on its maiden flight, a symbolic milestone in China's long-term goal to break into the Western-dominated aircraft market. (Aly Song/Pool Photo via AP)

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FILE - In this April 6, 2017 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, smiles at U.S. President Donald Trump as they pose together with their wives for photographers before dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) **FILE**

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This combination of file photos shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, on April 15, 2017 waving during a military parade to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang, North Korea, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, on April 7, 2017, as he smiles during a meeting with Alaska Gov. Bill Walker in Anchorage, Alaska, following his meetings with President Donald Trump in Florida. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, Michael Dinneen, Files)

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a newly-built aircraft carrier is transferred from dry dock into the water at a launch ceremony at a shipyard in Dalian in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. China launched its first aircraft carrier built entirely on its own on Wednesday, in a demonstration of the growing technical sophistication of its defense industries and determination to safeguard its maritime territorial claims and crucial trade routes. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a newly-built aircraft carrier is transferred from dry dock into the water at a launch ceremony at a shipyard in Dalian in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. China launched its first aircraft carrier built entirely on its own on Wednesday, in a demonstration of the growing technical sophistication of its defense industries and determination to safeguard its maritime territorial claims and crucial trade routes. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

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In this Friday, April 7, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pause for photographs at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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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. (Ju Zhenhua/Xinhua via AP)

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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)