In China, It's Called a Tang Twister

Whenever an American reporter speaks about President Xi of China, the reporter pronounces the name as "she".  I get a bit confused, then, when the reporter says, "Xi [she] says he will..."

We don't hear much about the Chinese political system on the news.  During recent elections in France and England, we learned about each candidate and what s/he did before & during his/her rise to power.  I think that Xi was a simple beach vendor when he started out.

"Who's this Xi on the ballot?" the party leaders asked.  "What does he do?"

The reply they might've gotten was, "Xi sells sea shells by the sea shore."