President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a state dinner at the White House in honor of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States.
President Obama has hosted seven state dinners during his presidency receiving respectively the then-Indian Prime Minister Singh in 2009, the then-Mexican President Calderon in 2010,the then-Chinese President Hu Jintao in 2011, the German Chancellor Merkel in 2011, the then-Korean President Lee Myung-bak in 2011, UK Prime Minister Cameron in 2012 and French President Hollande in 2014.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a state dinner at the White House in honor of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States.
US President Barack Obama, right, and First Lady Michelle Obama, 2nd from left, pose with Chinese President Xi Jinping, 2nd from right, and his wife Peng Liyuan as they arrive for a state dinner at the White House in Washington, Sept 25, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]
US President Barack Obama touches his glass in a toast to Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan, right, as Xi, left, joins in, during the State Dinner at the White House, in Washington, September 25, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]
First lady Michelle Obama, right, escorts Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, to the state dinner at the White House in Washington Sept 25, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]