November 16, 2009

Obama Addresses Town Hall Meeting in Shanghai

China: U.S. President Barack Obama met with local political leaders in Shanghai, China Monday and held a town hall meeting with Chinese college students.

At the town hall meeting, Mr. Obama answered questions from the audience and submitted by the Chinese public on various Web sites, including Xinhuanet, Sohu and the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
The Chinese government carefully controlled media coverage of the event, allowing it to be broadcast on local television but not nationally.
In opening remarks, Mr. Obama announced that the U.S. would expand the number of American students studying in China to 100,000.

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