Chinese president Xi Jinping has lunch with soldiers at a watchhouse in Arshaan city, a China-Mongolia border city, in the North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Jan 26, 2014. While chatting, Xi thanked them for their hard work in the icy condition and wished them a happy new year. [Photo/PLA Daily]

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