China's first lady Peng Liyuan strikes right chord chatting to music students, Mandarin pupils during visit to UK
Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan slipped away from the pomp, politics and deal-making of President Xi Jinping’s state visit to meet teenagers studying the Mandarin language -- and some of Britain’s pop culture icons.
Xi’s wife, 52, a huge star in China with independent fame as a folk singer, spent the first few days of the visit, the first by a Chinese leader in 10 years, touring a succession of schools, events and universities in London.
At a creative industry event on Wednesday, alongside Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate, Peng and Xi met some of the robot overlords -- known as Daleks -- from BBC television’s long-running sci-fi television series Dr Who.
They chatted with Hong Kong kung fu film star Jackie Chan and viewed an exhibit about fictional secret agent James Bond.
The first lady also visited the Royal School of Music in London and chatted to students.
