Xi Jinping

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"I want you all to combine your personal ideals with the 'dream to strengthen the military,'" Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a recent visit to a submarine and destroyer base. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting with representatives of entrepreneurs at the annual Boao Forum in Boao, in southern China's Hainan province, on April 8, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew during the American official's visit to the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Beijing. Mr. Xi said China wants strong ties with Washington as he held talks with Mr. Lew in Mr. Xi's first meeting with a foreign official since being appointed president. (AP Photo/Feng Li, Pool)

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** FILE ** China's new leaders — President Xi Jinping (left) and Premier Li Kiqiang — arrive at the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Chinese Communist Party chief and incoming President Xi Jinping walks back to his seat after cast his ballots during a plenary session of the National People's Congress held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

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Xi Jinping, China’s newly appointed leader, is expected to focus early in his tenure on curbing the communist nation’s rampant corruption and re-energizing a slowing economy. Mr. Xi is not expected to project a softer image when it comes to human rights. (Associated Press)

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In this Nov. 15, 2012 file photo, new Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping attends the press event to introduce the newly-elected members of the Politburo Standing Committee at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. Xi is highlighting corruption as a scourge that could bring down the Communist Party, though he has yet to offer any specific new proposals to stop it. In a weekend speech that was carried Monday, Nov. 19, by the official Xinhua News Agency, Xi told the new 25-member Politburo that the party must be vigilant against graft, noting that corruption in other countries in recent years has prompted major social unrest and the collapse of governments. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

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**FILE** A huge screen shows a broadcast of China's new Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping speaking in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Nov. 15, 2012. (Associated Press)