China's new president Xi Jinping was officially introduced to the nation today, but to many Chinese citizens it is the face of his glamorous pop star wife that will appear far more familiar.
The Communist Party leader-elect and powerful military chief is married to Peng Liyuan, the syrup-voiced megastar of popular Chinese folk music.
Nicknamed the Peony Fairy, Ms Peng, 49, had graced television screens in the world's most populous country for more than a decade, her honeyed tones punctuating state-run TV shows watched by hundreds of millions of people.
Ms Peng has become China's first high-profile political spouse since Jiang Qing, the late wife of Chairman Mao Zedong.
