http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/16/obama.china/
This site reports on the meeting President Obama had in 2009 with President Hu in China The site reports on the mutual needs of both countries and the desired cooperation over security and weapons programmes. It goes on to say that 51% of Americans saw China (at that time), as a military threat and 71% saw China as an economic threat. There are four videos on the site and I chose to watch the second one, featuring Obama's address to students. He paints a positive picture of what can be achieved by remaining friendly and cooperative and the need to look to the future. There must be, he said, open dialogue, learning from each other. He assured the students America did not seek to impose any way of government on another country. However, he doesn't shrink from standing up for democracy. He stresses America's belief in freedoms and respect for the law. The world, he considered, was now interconnected and that American power need not mean restricting another country's progress and expand.
He tells them it was planned that 100,000 American students should study in China and added that his country's young people would be good ambassadors. He concludes by saying continuing dialogue was important.
Jill Glazier
He told the students that
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