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Morning Must Reads: Inward

President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China have dinner in the White House on Jan. 18. (White House/Pete Souza)

Austin Ramzy writes that despite the grand language of cooperation requisite in a state visit, domestic concerns are likely to push Hu and Obama inward in the near future:

While the two sides will put on a bright

President Obama To Meet Dalai Lama, Test Limits Of Symbolism

At 11:15 this morning, two Nobel Peace Prize winners will meet privately in a room that is best known as the place where President Franklin Roosevelt planned World War II. This fact likely has little symbolic value, but given that the event in question–a long-awaited, once-delayed meeting between President Obama and the Dalai Lama–is …

In the Arena In the Arena

A Good Fight

The Chinese, who have been acting pompous and huffy on the global stage in recent years, are upset that Hillary Clinton has challenged them on internet censorship. Too bad. This is a good fight to have–and a very good moment to show the Chinese that we’re not going to be pushed around.

Not all human rights issues are good fights. I …

U.S. And China Still Jockey Over Obama’s Speaking Plans

As Obama plans to depart for Alaska, the first leg of his week-long, four-nation trip to Asia, U.S. and Chinese officials are still negotiating the terms of Obama’s address to Chinese youth in Shanghai, reports TIME’s Beijing Correspondent Austin Ramzy. (Stateside, White House officials have so far been vague about the arranged speaking

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