The news comes from L.A Times. Reporting from Shanghai - Among students, shopkeepers and Internet users, President Obama's visit to Shanghai has been among the most anticipated by a foreign leader to China in recent years.
"I have a very good impression of Obama," said Shanghai resident Jiang Heting, 21. "Even though I've read that some Americans disapprove of how he's handling the economic crisis, I still like him very much."
They also recognize China's growing power and influence in the international stage.
"This is the first time that China and America will talk as equals," said Zhang Shun, a student at East China University of Political Science and Law.
Obama arrived here today as part of his weeklong swing through Asia, the heart of which will be nearly three days in China. Later today in Shanghai, China's commercial capital, Obama is scheduled to take questions from students in a town-hall-style meeting that is expected to be broadcast live in the city and on the White House website.
The state-run International Herald Leader newspaper teamed up with online discussion forum Tianya Club and collected more than 3,000 questions for the president from netizens over the last month. The submissions touched upon such diverse topics as America's ability to repay its debt and the president's love for basketball.
At the same time, some Chinese bloggers are waging a "Tear Down This Firewall" campaign, hoping that the president will address the issue of freedom of speech on the Internet.
"To what degree he can help Chinese netizens break down the 'Great Firewall of China' is still uncertain," blogger Zhang Ping said. "I feel that some Chinese netizens have set their hopes too high and am afraid that they'll be disappointed."
For many business owners, Obama's arrival has been a source of profit. Shirts, bags and shoes carrying the president's image have popped up like wildflowers at street stalls and small shops.
Madame Tussauds wax museum in Shanghai replaced the statue of Chinese track superstar Liu Xiang in its lobby with an Obama wax figure Friday, attracting flocks of people taking turns at a photograph.
Beijing artist Liu Bolin created a bronze statue of Obama as a tribute to his popularity.
A Beijing entrepreneur's "Oba Mao" T-shirts and bags that feature Obama's face superimposed over that of Mao Tse-tung in a 1940s Red Guard uniform have been hot sellers with tourists ever since the president was elected.
As a Chinese student who studied in America. When I watching this news, I felt a little bit exciting. Because both these two countries can influnce my life now. And also China and America had some difference in some political viewpoints. According to this news, I could read some advantages for the international student like Chinese students.
However, even the relationship between China and Amercia is getting better and better, Chinese students are still hard to study abroad in America. Studying in America is just like dream for them.
At last, from this news, I could find that peace and comunication is the theme of this generation. Hope the relationship between China and America becoming better and better.
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Iran may call for a nuclear fuel swap, Iranian TV reports
The news comes from L.A Times. Reporting from Doha, Qatar - A state-owned Iranian television station quoted unnamed diplomats Sunday as saying Iran, in a possible compromise to a U.N.-backed proposal, is willing to send about 1,800 pounds of its enriched uranium abroad to be exchanged for fuel for a medical reactor. This idea was first comes from Obama's administration. It's had called for Iran to send abroad about 2,600 pounds, or 70% of its nuclear material supply。
by year's end, temporarily lowering Iran's capacity to build a nuclear bomb and creating the diplomatic breathing room for a possible broader deal. Although Iran maintains that its nuclear development program is for civilian purposes only, Western nations believe the Islamic Republic is seeking to build nuclear weapons.
Diplomats looking for a way out of a years-long impasse over the nuclear program weeks ago proposed a deal in which Iran would give up the bulk of its refined uranium to be further refined in Russia and France for the Tehran medical reactor.
No other source confirmed such an Iranian counteroffer.
Iran has yet to formally reply to the United Nations-backed export proposal.
Some Iranian officials said they did not trust Russia and France to follow through on the offer to enrich the fissile material for use in the medical reactor.
On Saturday, the head of the Iranian parliament's national security and foreign affairs committee said Iran would refuse to send any of its low-enriched uranium abroad. But diplomats and arms-control authorities have yet to give up on the proposal.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov paid a surprise visit to Tehran on Sunday to meet with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the German weekly Der Spiegel that Moscow may back further sanctions if ongoing negotiations fail. French officials say Washington has asked European allies to hold off until the end of the year before raising the possibility of new sanctions on Iran.
In the modern days, the nuclear resources had already became a very important part of the resources system. No matter it's dangerous or not, it was exactly a better way for our human beings to live in this planet. And in my opinion, president Obama made a good idea. This suggestion could help Iran find a way to get the fuel and let the people in another countries to trust them better. Absolutely, if we use nuclear as only resources, it will make a lot of advantages for us. However, we must be focus on that, because no matter how the countries which had nuclear weapons promised, they could still threaten our lives.
by year's end, temporarily lowering Iran's capacity to build a nuclear bomb and creating the diplomatic breathing room for a possible broader deal. Although Iran maintains that its nuclear development program is for civilian purposes only, Western nations believe the Islamic Republic is seeking to build nuclear weapons.
Diplomats looking for a way out of a years-long impasse over the nuclear program weeks ago proposed a deal in which Iran would give up the bulk of its refined uranium to be further refined in Russia and France for the Tehran medical reactor.
No other source confirmed such an Iranian counteroffer.
Iran has yet to formally reply to the United Nations-backed export proposal.
Some Iranian officials said they did not trust Russia and France to follow through on the offer to enrich the fissile material for use in the medical reactor.
On Saturday, the head of the Iranian parliament's national security and foreign affairs committee said Iran would refuse to send any of its low-enriched uranium abroad. But diplomats and arms-control authorities have yet to give up on the proposal.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov paid a surprise visit to Tehran on Sunday to meet with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the German weekly Der Spiegel that Moscow may back further sanctions if ongoing negotiations fail. French officials say Washington has asked European allies to hold off until the end of the year before raising the possibility of new sanctions on Iran.
In the modern days, the nuclear resources had already became a very important part of the resources system. No matter it's dangerous or not, it was exactly a better way for our human beings to live in this planet. And in my opinion, president Obama made a good idea. This suggestion could help Iran find a way to get the fuel and let the people in another countries to trust them better. Absolutely, if we use nuclear as only resources, it will make a lot of advantages for us. However, we must be focus on that, because no matter how the countries which had nuclear weapons promised, they could still threaten our lives.
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