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...meant the honor wouldn't go to a Chinese dissident. Now human-rights activists wonder if Obama will use the bully pulpit of the prize to push for the release of dozens of jailed activists being held throughout the country. Expectations aren't high. In February, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. wouldn't allow human rights to derail cooperation with China on issues like climate change and rebuilding the global economy. Then last month Obama decided to postpone meeting with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, until after his visit to China. That was widely...
...State Department had also been reaching out to Chinese bloggers in anticipation of Monday's event. On Nov. 12, the U.S. embassy in Beijing invited a dozen prominent bloggers to a briefing on American policy toward China, both in person and via live Web feeds to the U.S. consulates in Shanghai and Guangzhou...
...Obama should be especially sensitive to China's position on Tibet. "In 1959, China abolished the feudal serf system [in Tibet] just as President Lincoln freed the black slaves," Qin told a news conference, according to the Associated Press. "So we hope President Obama more than any other foreign state leader can have a better understanding on China's position on opposing the Dalai's splitting activities...
There is a long history of Chinese officials censoring the comments of U.S. presidents. In 1984 when President Ronald Reagan gave a speech in Beijing, state-run China Central Television cut portions that referred to the Soviet Union, religion and democracy. During Obama's inaugural speech in January, China's state television cut away when the president referred to previous American generations that had faced down communism. The line that followed was also edited from television broadcasts and from transcripts on many Chinese news portals: "To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent...
Online outreach by the Obama Administration is designed in part to bypass such censorship, and increase direct communications with the Chinese people. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for one, has been particularly aggressive on the issue since taking office. During her first trip to Asia, she participated in a webchat interview on climate change in Beijing, hosted by the China Daily, during which she responded to questions submitted online. According to the state-owned newspaper, the chat drew more than 10.2 million page views, 50,000 comments and 7,000 questions...