Chinese-Americans watch President’s visit to China

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President Obama met with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, today for talks that ran the gamut from climate change to Taiwan to global security. Residents of China watched Obama’s visit carefully, as did many Chinese-Americans. Shirong Chen is the BBC’s China editor; he joins us from London. We’re also joined by members of different generations of Chinese-Americans for their take on how Obama did. David Zhang is an associate professor of pathology and oncological sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Jenny Jiang is a junior, studying marketing at the University of Pennsylvania.

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