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China's first lady serenaded Tiananmen troops

...The country has no recent precedent for the role of first lady, and also faces a tricky balance at home. The leadership wants Peng to show the human side of the new No. 1 leader, Xi Jinping, while not exposing too many perks of the elite. And it must balance popular support for the first couple with an acute wariness of personality cults that could skew the consensus rule among the Chinese Communist Party's top leaders.

 

North Koreans Learn They Have First Lady

North Korea's First Lady

By showing up with his new wife in public, the young leader Kim Jong-un has distinguished himself from his father, whose wife was unknown to many North Koreans.

 

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