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By Ting Shi and David Tweed

October 22, 2015 at 6:00 PM EDT

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October 23, 2015 at 5:39 AM EDT

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When the Duchess of Cambridge wore a bright red dress to the state banquet honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping in London this week, China’s press went to town.

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