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[email protected]. 1 THURSDAY, FEB. 16, 2012 AMES247 Doctor Murdock jams into the local spotlight OPINION SPORTS Leath will Softball team build a strong hopes to regain foundation winning spark Foreign affairs FIND US ONLINE: iowastatedaily.com @iowastatedaily facebook.com/ iowastatedaily Iowa gets international China’s vice president works to build bonds ONLINE: with United States By Katelynn.McCollough @iowastatedaily.com At a welcoming dinner at the State Capitol on Wednesday, Xi Jinping, vice president of the People’s Republic of China, and Terry Branstad, gover- nor of Iowa, welcomed and thanked the nearly 650 guests and dignitaries RULES WITH in attendance. CAMPUS SMOKING Branstad addressed the audience iowastatedaily.com/news in English, Xi, in Chinese, as transla- tors shared the intended messages with the multilingual crowd. “Thank you Vice President Xi for accepting our invitation to visit Iowa,” Branstad said, “to visit old friends and meet new ones.” Branstad spoke of the Hebei prov- ince of China and the state of Iowa be- Photo: Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press coming Sister States in 1983 and how Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (left) and Iowa Gov.