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Chinese President Xi Jinping looks at photos of the family of Kurban Tulum when joining a panel discussion with deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at the annual session of the NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 10, 2017. Xi has written to a daughter of Kurban Tulum, who was twice received by the late Chairman Mao Zedong, underlining ethnic solidarity and efforts to build a bright future for Xinjiang under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC). (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)