Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington, D.C., today, eager to show the world—and his fellow commissars back home—that he's got what it takes to manage the crucial Sino-U.S. relationship and stay on top of things in China. During Xi's trip, we'll hear a lot about Beijing's reprehensible crackdown on Tibetans and dissidents, pesky bilateral trade issues, and why China sides with status-quo autocracies when the international community wants to intervene in nations such as Syria or Iran. But there are an equal number of things you likely didn't know about China's leader-to-be Xi and his U.S. trip. Here's a gallery of surprises:
