While the tradition of a "first lady" isn't new to China, it's been long dormant. Sun Yatsen (a revolutionary who toppled the Qing Dynasty in 1911), Chiang Kai-Shek (China's top leader throughout much of the 1940s), and Liu Shaoqi (a head of state under Mao), all had glamorous wives who accompanied them on international trips.

"In the US, women enjoy equal rights as men in politics," said Shen Dingli, a professor of international relations at Fudan University in Shanghai. "But in Chinese traditional culture, we have a saying: 'a woman without talent is virtuous'." While female Chinese business leaders are common, he said, women barely appear at the highest levels of the country's political elite – only two rank among its 25 top officials.

Yet Li, the fan club founder, has more pressing concerns – namely, whether Peng will sing for Obama. "We hope that some time, Mama Peng will come out to sing for the public," she said. "We'd like to meet [her] someday."

据《卫报》报道，两位第一夫人在时髦的着装和巨大的影响力之外，还有很多相同之处。她们都在平凡的环境中成长，都有女儿，还差不多同龄。

但是，3月20日50岁的米歇尔·奥巴马到达中国会见51岁的彭丽媛，还是让人忍不住做一个有趣的对比研究。如果用善于应变来形容米歇尔，彭丽媛的关键词则应该是克制。

米歇尔将带着两个女儿及母亲访华，进行一周的观光，做些交流性的讲话。彭丽媛将会陪同她参观北京的一所学校，一起吃晚餐，看演出。米歇尔将在著名的北京大学为中美学子演讲，然后去西安和成都参观。

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