Obama to meet Shanghai official
November 16th, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )
Shanghai, Nov 16 (IANS) US President Barack Obama is to meet senior official of the Communist Party of China Yu Zhengsheng here Monday before holding a dialogue with Chinese youths.
Obama will leave for national capital Beijing in the afternoon, Xinhua reported.
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.
China visit is a part of Obama’s Asian tour which includes state visits to Japan and the Republic of Korea and attending a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
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