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    US and China: A tale of two leadership styles

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    By Ed Flanagan, NBC News

    BEIJING - While the candidates are scrutinized and skewered by the media in the U.S., China's new leader Xi Jinping remains a man of mystery among his citizens. NBC's Ian Williams was in Beijing this week, walking, cycling and driving through the streets of the capital to find out just what Beijingers know about the man who is slated to become China's next President.

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