Sunday November 15, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in China
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in China on Sunday, taking his push to energise ties with Asia to the region's emerging super-power and world's third biggest economy.
Late in the evening local time, Obama landed in a rainy Shanghai, eastern China's coastal commercial hub, where he is due to meet city officials and hold a "town hall" session with young people on Monday, before heading on to Beijing.
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U.S. President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One as he arrives at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, November 15, 2009. (REUTERS/Jim Young) |
Obama had no meetings or events scheduled for Sunday.
The U.S. President's talks in Beijing with President Hu Jintao and officials will cover sometimes tense economic ties, international trouble-spots such as North Korea and Iran, and international efforts to fight climate change.
(Reporting by Royston Chan; Writing by Chris Buckley; Editing by Ben Blanchard)
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