US won't contain China's rise: Obama
Maintaining that the US and China are not "predestined adversaries", US President Barack Obama on Monday said his country does not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation but subtly pushed for greater freedom of expression in the Communist country.
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The US does not seek to contain China's rise and he welcomes it as a "strong, prosperous and successful member of the community of nations," Obama said at an interaction with students the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.
Image: U.S. President Barack Obama greets audience members after he spoke and took questions at a town hall-style event with Chinese youth at the Museum of Science and Technology in Shanghai, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.
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