BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 14: China's newly-elected President Xi Jinping reads his ballot papers prior to the election for a new president of China during the fourth plenary meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People on March 14, 2013 in Beijing, China. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, was elected President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission on Thursday. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)
People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers deployed for United Nations (UN) peace keeping missions line up at their base in China's central Henan province before being sent to Africa, 15 September 2007. China will send a 315-member UN multi-functional engineering unit to the Dafur region of Sudan in October to build and maintain barracks, roads, helipads and bridges. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)