U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he delivers a speech at a dialogue with Chinese youth at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum during his four-day state visit to China, Nov. 16, 2009. (Xinhua/Chen Fei) Photo Gallery>>>

    SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that different countries should learn from each other to diversify cultures in the world.

    "Each country in this interconnecting world has its own culture, its own history, and its own traditions," Obama said during a dialogue with Chinese students in the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.

    "It is very important for the United States not to assume what is good for us is automatically good for somebody else," he said when responding to a question raised by a Shanghai college student about how to promote cultural exchanges between different countries.

    Obama said one of the U.S. strengths is the country has a very diverse culture, and has people coming from all around the world. "There is no one definition of what America looks like," he added.

    He cited his family as an example of diverse cultures, saying the family is like "the United Nations" as his father was from Kenya, his mother from Kansas of the U.S. Midwest, while his sister was a half-Indonesian married to "a Chinese person from Canada."

    Obama flew into Shanghai from Singapore on Sunday night to kickoff his four-day visit to China, his first trip to the Asian country since taking office in January.

    Later Monday, he will fly to Beijing, where he will hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and meet with other Chinese leaders.

Obama: US has positive, constructive, comprehensive relationship with China

    SHANGHAI, Nov.16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said here Monday the United States has a positive, constructive and comprehensive relationship with China.

    Obama made the remarks during a dialogue with Chinese youth in China's economic hub Shanghai. Full story

Obama says U.S. to increase its students in China to 100,000

    SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said here Monday that the United States would further expand its youth exchanges with China by expanding the number of students studying here to 100,000.

    Obama said during a dialogue with Chinese students in the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum that young people are the best ambassadors and that cooperation between the countries should go beyond the governments. Full story

Obama reiterates one-China policy, pleased to see improving cross-strait ties

   SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting United States President Barrack Obama said here on Monday the United States would continue to fully support the one-China policy, and would be very pleased to see the improving cross-strait relationship. Full story

Obama welcomes China as a "strong, prosperous and successful" nation

    SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama said here Monday the United States does not seek to contain China's rise and he welcomes China to be a "strong and prosperous and successful member of the community of nations."

    Obama made the remarks during a dialogue with Chinese youth in China's economic hub Shanghai. Full story

Obama says economic recovery, climate change top his agenda with Chinese President Hu

    SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting United States President Barack Obama said on Monday he would discuss economic recovery, climate change and stopping the spread of nuclear weapons in his talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

    He made the remarks at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum during his first trip to China since taking office in January. Full story

Obama arrives for dialogue with Chinese youth

U.S. President Barack Obama(C) arrives at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum to deliver a speech at a dialogue with Chinese youth during his four-day visit to China, Nov. 16, 2009. (Xinhua/Pei Xin) Photo Gallery>>>

     SHANGHAI, Nov.16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday noon arrived in Shanghai Science and Technology Museum for a dialogue with Chinese youth. Full story

Obama to meet Shanghai officials, Chinese youths before heading for Beijing

     SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- United States President Barack Obama is to meet with Shanghai Party chief Yu Zhengsheng on Monday and have a dialogue with Chinese youths afterwards before heading for Beijing in the afternoon.

     Obama arrived in Shanghai Sunday night to start his four-day state visit to China, his first trip to the country since taking office in January. Full story

U.S. President Obama arrives in China for state visit

    SHANGHAI, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in China's economic hub Shanghai on Sunday night, starting a state visit to China.

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Shanghai on Nov. 15, 2009 to begin his first state visit to China. (Xinhua/Chen Fei) Photo Gallery>>>

    Air Force One touched down at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in heavy rain at about 23:10. Full story

Obama's exchange with Chinese youth to be broadcast live online

    SHANGHAI, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will start his four-day China visit Sunday in Shanghai, and the highlight of his visit in the eastern city will be broadcast live by Xinhuanet, the online news service of the Xinhua News Agency.

    This is Obama's first visit to China since he took office in the White House more than a year ago. Full story

Commentary: China, U.S. sail in one boat amid global tides

    SHANGHAI, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in China on Sunday night for a four-day visit to the world's most populous country.

    The visit by the leader of the largest developed country to the biggest developing one has roused great interest among observers as China-U.S. relationship has always been one of the most important and complicated bilateral ties in the world. Full story

Chinese netizens welcome Obama's visit with thousands of questions

    BEIJING, Nov.13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese netizens have prepared thousands of questions for US President Barack Obama during his Nov. 15-18 visit to China, covering a wide range of topics from Sino-U.S. relations to U.S. first lady Michelle Obama.

    A special forum of collecting questions from Chinese netizens to ask Obama was opened Friday morning by Xinhuanet, the online news service of Xinhua News Agency. Full story

Obama's China tour to operationalize cooperation agenda

    WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- During U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China next week, the two countries need to operationalize what they have reached in the past months on developing a positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship, a U.S. analyst said.

    "This is a very important visit both for the United States and China, and for President Obama personally, who has never been to China before. And this is really an opportunity for him to see China with his own eyes and to understand China's accomplishments and also understand its history," Bonnie Glaser, senior fellow at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, said in an interview with Xinhua. Full story

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