Renewed Appearances of Xi Jinping’s Wife Sparks Speculation of Political Participation

Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping, has been making official appearances and a high-profile media interview during the past three months after a period of laying low. Peng’s recent activities have been widely publicized by the regime’s own media who especially made great fanfare of an interview she gave to Messenger, a magazine for UNESCO, which coincided with the sixth plenum of the 19th CCP Central Committee held Nov. 8–11. While other senior Party leaders were inactive and unreported during this time, the Xinhua News Agency prominently carried the news about Peng’s Messenger interview published Nov. 10. Among Peng’s recent outings was one with her husband to Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, to attend the 14th National Games of China on Sept. 15. A month later she delivered a speech at the 2021 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education in Beijing via video. She was appointed …

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