Xi climbs behind the wheel in Midwest
By Zhang Yuwei and Tan Yingzi | China Daily | Updated: 2012-02-18 07:31
Vice-President Xi Jinping tries his hand at operating a tractor during a visit to the family farm of Rick Kimberley in Iowa on Thursday. Xi is on a five-day visit to the United States. Lan Hongguang / Xinhua |
MAXWELL / DES MOINES, Iowa - Maybe he just feels comfortable in the driver's seat, but Vice-President Xi Jinping surprised his hosts on Thursday when he suddenly climbed into the cab of a tractor on an Iowa farm.
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