epa02424603 A picture made available on 01 November 2010 shows Chinese performer Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, singing a folk song onstage in Luoyang, in central China’s Henan province, 10 April 2007. Peng, a professional singer, holds the military rank as a major general. On 18 October 2010, Vice President Xi Jinping was promoted to vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, a key post considered to solidify his status as the country’s leader-in-waiting ahead of a Communist Party congress scheduled for 2012. EPA/XIAO LI