World's most powerful men meet in Beijing

Zambia News.Net
Monday 16th November, 2009

A China-US summit in Beijing has produced vows of cooperation from the leaders of the two countries.

US President Barack Obama spent several hours Tuesday in closed-door talks with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao.

Earlier, the two met after a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, where both leaders met other dignitaries.

A set of meetings took place throughout the day, although no breakthroughs were announced.

President Obama pushed for uncensored Internet use and greater political freedoms in China.

Climate change, trade, North Korea and Iran were also discussed at the closed door meeting.

On Monday, the issue of human rights was raised in President Obama's meeting with students in Shanghai about free information and political expression.

During the event, Mr. Obama answered questions submitted by the audience and by Chinese Internet-users.

The Chinese government carefully controlled the media coverage of the student event, which was only seen on local television.

Mr Obama told the students he considered climate change one of the most critical challenges for the US and China to tackle.

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