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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 20: President of China Xi Jinping (R) and his wife Peng Liyuan (2nd, L) accompany Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (2nd R) and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (L) as they arrive for a state banquet at Buckingham Palace on October 20, 2015 in London, England. The President of the People's Republic of China, Mr Xi Jinping and his wife, Madame Peng Liyuan, are paying a State Visit to the United Kingdom as guests of the Queen. They will stay at Buckingham Palace and undertake engagements in London and Manchester. The last state visit paid by a Chinese President to the UK was Hu Jintao in 2005. (Photo by Toby Melville - WPA Pool /Getty Images)