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Obama, Xi Talk Rights as Protesters Demand End to Oppression in China

2015-09-25

China’s President Xi Jinping met with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington Friday to discuss a variety of issues, including human rights, as protesters massed outside, calling on Beijing to end its oppression of minorities and dissidents.

In a joint press conference delivered after the meeting, Obama said the two leaders had held a “frank discussion” on human rights, Continue reading

Rights protesters, China supporters greet President Xi in Seattle

 

Technology | Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:31pm EDT

 

SEATTLE | BY ERIC M. JOHNSON AND DAVID RYDER

Practitioners of Falun Gong, who say the religious movement is persecuted in China, protest the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Seattle, Washington, September 22, 2015. REUTERS/David Ryder

Practitioners of Falun Gong, who say the religious movement is persecuted in China, protest the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Seattle, Washington, September 22, 2015. REUTERS/David Ryder

Practitioners of Falun Gong, who say the religious movement is persecuted in China, protest the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Seattle, Washington, September 22, 2015.
REUTERS/DAVID RYDER

About 100 people protesting against human rights abuses in China greeted President Xi Jinping in Seattle on Tuesday, in what is likely to be the first of a series of demonstrations against China’s leader during his week-long U.S. visit.

In downtown Seattle, a crowd supporting Falun Gong, a religious Continue reading