Xi invited 100 Lincoln students to visit China next year, according to the Seattle Times. “You will know China better, and hopefully you will fall in love with China,” he said.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping receives a custom No 1 Lincoln Abes jersey that bears his name as he visits football players at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington, September 23, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]
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Chinese President Xi Jinping visits with football players at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington, September 23, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]
He had visited the Lincoln High School in Tacoma in 1993 when he was the Party Chief of Fuzhou, the capital of East China’s Fujian province, and helped establish a sister-city relationship between Fuzhou and Tacoma.