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Obama arrives in China, looks to reset ties for the better | US President Barack Obama has arrived in China on a three-day official visit that will be aimed at resetting bilateral ties and hoping to win China's support on issues ranging from climate change to sanctions against Iran. Obama,
who is on his first to China after becoming president in January this year, is
hoping to navigate an increasingly complex relationship with a country that is
the largest holder of US foreign debt and its second-largest trading partner.
He arrived in Shanghai late on Sunday after a flight from Singapore , where he
attended an APEC Summit. Obama will hold a town hall-style meeting in Shanghai
with several hundred local students. After Shanghai , he will head for Beijing
for a two-day visit hosted by President Hu Jintao. He will also meet Premier Wen
Jiabao and other senior officials. Earlier in a speech on US policy towards Asia
in Tokyo on Saturday, Obama said the United States welcomed China's rising political
and economic clout, saying that the " rise of a strong, prosperous China can be
a source of strength for the community of nations." He said Washington would not
seek to contain China , but would work for a deeper relationship between the two
countries without weakening other bilateral alliances. Obama and Hu will inevitably
face a number of sensitive issues when they meet for talks on Tuesday. Trade tensions,
an ongoing row over the value of the Chinese currency, the yuan, and efforts to
combat global warming are some of the many issues expected to come up. Obama is
expected to urge China to reconsider the value of the yuan, which has been pegged
to the dollar since July 2008, when the global economic crisis hit export markets
for Chinese-made goods. Environmental activists are also hoping that Obama and
Hu, whose countries are the world's top two emitters of greenhouse gases, will
reach some kind of climate change deal before global talks in Copenhagen next
month. But that seems unlikely after Asia-Pacific leaders said in Singapore that
they would not reach a binding pact in the Danish capital. Obama has also said
he will raise human rights issues with Beijing. |
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