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The man is referring to Xi's role as the architect of Deng Xiaoping's special economic zones, which played an important role in China's process of reform and opening up.

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The man is referring to Xi's role as the architect of Deng Xiaoping's special economic zones, which played an important role in China's process of reform and opening up.

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President Obama later sat down with Xi in the Oval Office, and called Xi's visit a chance to "build on" the U.S.

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Mr. Xi's father is renowned within the party as one of its most capable and outspoken early leaders.

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Mr. Xi's return to Iowa is partly diplomatic theater.

Heartland Return for Chinese Leader Jeremy Page 2012

Mr. Xi's trip is an opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of trading with China, which bought $627 million of Iowan exports in 2010, according to the U.S.

Heartland Return for Chinese Leader Jeremy Page 2012

Ms. Lande had traveled to China four times, but she hadn't followed Mr. Xi's career.

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Mr. Xi's personality and relative popularity have raised hopes in some quarters, both inside and outside of China, that he will resume the kind of reforms that marked the 1990s but ground to a halt in the past 10 years.

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Mr. Xi's group came to inspect the greenhouse where vegetable farmer Tom Hoopes was growing seedlings for sweet potatoes.

Heartland Return for Chinese Leader Jeremy Page 2012

Mr. Xi's visit to Iowa years ago apparently made a lasting impression on him.

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