Chinese take to social media to welcome President as ‘mighty Uncle Xi’

That has made him immensely popular with ordinary Chinese, even if people who spoke to Reuters on Friday in a traditional hutong alleyway not far from the Zhongnanhai leadership compound were not entirely sure what the term “core” meant.

“He’s done things the other leaders could not do, and that’s really fight corruption,” said deliveryman Wang Hui, 40, who said he had not seen any news about the plenum the night before. For housewife Cui Huiping, Xi is simply a charmer. “He’s so handsome. Such manly charm. It’s very attractive,” she said, before hurrying off to do some laundry.

(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)