Photo: #President Barack Obama speaks 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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President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall-style event with Chinese youth at the Museum of Science and Technology in Shanghai, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (Charles Dharapak/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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President Obama speaks to Shanghai college students

Broadcast: Midday, 11/16/2009, 12:00 p.m.

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President Obama told Chinese students in a speech Monday the U.S. does not want to impose a system of government on others, but he believes freedom of expression and religion, access to information, and political participation are universal rights.

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