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Obama: Free expression is a universal right
SHANGHAI – Pressing for freedoms on China's own turf, President Barack Obama said Monday that individual expression is not an American ideal but a universal right that should be available to all.In his first presidential trip to Asia, Obama lauded cooperative relations with China but sought to send a clearmessage to his tightly controlled host country. Just as Obama said few problems can be solved unless U.S. and China work together, he prodded China to accept what he called "universal rights."
(By By JENNIFER LOVEN, AP White House Correspondent Jennifer Loven, Ap White House Correspondent, 16 November 2009) |