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President Xi Jinping has the ability to deliver effective leadership, according to an expert with a top think tank based in London.

"His delivery style is confident, and he speaks effectively with conviction. You actually find yourself listening to what he has to say," said Nigel Inkster, special adviser to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

He said Xi "comes across as an extrovert, a big confident outgoing kind of person, very much a leader in terms of his personal demeanor".