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Updated: 5:46 AM Nov 16, 2009 Obama Meets With Chinese President President Barack Obama has sat down with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing, hours after suggesting the country should stop censoring Internet access. Posted: 4:56 AM Nov 16, 2009 Reporter: Associated Press

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President Barack Obama has sat down with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing, hours after suggesting the country should stop censoring Internet access.

It's the third time Obama has met with the Chinese leader. Trade and economic issues are expected to dominate the conversation during what will likely be a lavish dinner in the Forbidden City. They're scheduled to meet again tomorrow.

Before his trip to Beijing, Obama held a town hall-style meeting with university students in Shanghai. There, he spoke bluntly about the benefits of individual freedoms.

He said that freedom of expression and worship, unfettered access to information and unrestricted political participation are "universal rights."

He added he's a "big supporter of non-censorship," when it comes to the Internet.

China has more than 250 million Internet users and employs some of the world's tightest controls over what they see.

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Posted by: AJ Location: COS on Nov 16, 2009 at 11:23 PM

Obama is here to lead us into world government. He is not here to be a strong US leader. It gets more apparent every day.

Posted by: unbelievable on Nov 16, 2009 at 08:59 AM

At least now that he's met the Chinese, Obama can meet with Dalai Lama without offending anyone..

Posted by: pj Location: co on Nov 16, 2009 at 06:54 AM

Is this man done with his I hate America tour yet. We need a leader that has dignity, strength and loyalty to this nation not a self serving thin skinned baby, who hates his own nation that he claims he was born in.

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