Xi Jinping, carpet connoisseur
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On Monday, Xi Jinping schlepped over to northwestern Qinghai province for a quick visit.
His first stop: A Tibetan carpet company in provincial capital Xining.
Xi wasn’t just looking to kit out his pad in Zhongnanhai.
Rather, he wanted to tout some of his key policy iniatives (Xinhua 2):
“The ...