President Barack Obama Town Hall Meeting in Shanghai China

[Keenanville09]

dam its like we're retarded AND they're retarded. we gave them a shit load of money which they used to invest and grow their economy and now they make all our shit and they pay all our bills knowing we cant pay them back but we still buy all their shit. its like i give you a dollar, u invest that dollar and make 2 dollars. i then buy ur sandwich from u for 1 dollar but then borrow 10 dollars from u. i cant pay u back and we both loose money so it seems retarded to me.

[blessyou9fcom]

he scares me but he really is a good speaker. I hope he uses his power for good and not evil and we could go far...if he cant be bought

[TheFuckengland]

disgusting english

[PerlitaHabanera]

I am glad that china and unite states have a relationship.

[SkunkWorks420]

My girlfriend is in China right now as a student & attended the Obama town halls , and shes really, really hot. In fact shes a babe anyways too all you people hating on China for the communism bullshit, why dont you actually go their, experience it for yourself, and then get an educated opinion. From skyping with her,it doesnt sound that bad at all, totally dif. culture, but civil & this is coming from a 20yr blond from California.

The world is a lot bigger than the U.S

Peace & Love

[antisocialism]

共产主义及社会主义是注定失败!现在全世界只有五个名字叫共产主­义国家的国家.有多少个正在搞资本主义呢?大家心照明白!在共产­国家的人民.个个做牛做马.共产党的幹部就大鱼大肉.当年毛泽东­的肚子那麽大.中国人民个个都骨瘦如柴. 大家心里就明白了.西方的共产主义和社会主义是不适合中国的!中­国共产党应该取消共党专政! 中国才有希望! 人权! 民主! 自由! 平等!

[websuspect]

Amen Brother.

The communism and socialism are doomed to be defeated! Now the world only then five names are called the communism country the country. Some how many are practicing the capitalism? Everybody heart according to understood! In communist countries people. Is Niu Zuoma. Communist party's cadre on ample food. Mao Zedong's belly so was in the past big.

[dadhondup]

Hi please don't draw on the u tube.Ur drawing is very ugly. Use international drawing so that each and every living being can understand what u drew.

[antisocialism]

To dadhondup, your bullshit drawing is ugly than me! Please do not draw on the u tube again!

[dadhondup]

For your kind information U-tube does not belongs to u. I have full right to write what ever I like. Your shit is the worst. And i am glad you know English so express yourself in this language and let the whole world understand you.

[antisocialism]

to dadhondup, You are right! u tube is not belong to you! stop your shit reply!

[killergames187]

Wow a Town Hall Meeting with Obama i have never seen this bull shit before!Talk talk talk that's allhe can do!!!

[tomanyasses]

he's a car saleman, the lowest

[dadhondup]

When he first become US president with a "Change we Can" slogan I really expected lots from him. The day he refuse to meet His Holiness and said Tibet is part of Communist China and I came across that he too is a puppet president and a communist lover. US only support if it benefit its own interest. I dont think he deserve the Noble peace prize who refused to meet another Peace Winner.Shame on you Mr.Puppet President.

[killergames187]

@dadhondup You are 100% right!Jest look at this video he is talking about rights,But trying to take your's and mine away!What a joke he is!

[canadaworldmusic]

@dadhondup

ask yourself what you would do if you were at his place .USA owe China billions and billions.Because of the dailama would you jeopatize the economy of the whole country?

[tomanyasses]

we can nationlize end the rape from china

[antisocialism]

奴隶制(共产主义)，奴隶主(共产党)拥有奴隶(人民)的制度。­奴隶(人民)须为奴隶主(共产党)干活，无报酬，且无人身自由。­法律确认奴隶为奴隶主的私有财产，共产主义跟奴隶制也一样，国家­所有财产归共产党。人民跟本不可能享受自己生产所得的回报。奴隶­主(共产党)对奴隶(人民)握有生杀予夺的权力，可随意奴役、杀­害。奴隶(人民)没有独立的人格，没有任何自由和权利。

[Crapidiot]

socialism isnt problem my friend its the society due to poverty which occurs in india as well which are 1000 worse imo

ever studied regression dumbass?

and do u eve nknow what socialism is?

[wondersh]

回到现实中来吧, 你说的是你的思想,请联系实际.

现实的中国是人民有自己支配财产的权利,能享受自己付出努力的成­果,有独立的人格. 虽然我不提倡社会主义,但也看不惯有人做出这么肤浅的曲解.

[brokensocialism]

It is Capitalism! not Communism!

[websuspect]

The slavery (communism), the slave-owner (communist party) has the slave (people) system. The slave (people) must (communist party) work for the slave-owner, do not have the reward, and non-personal freedom. The law confirmed that the slave for slave-owner's private property, the communism is also same as the slavery, national all properties turn over to the communist party. The people with are originally impossible to enjoy itself to produce the obtained repayment.

[dadhondup]

Do you think billions of dollar is worth than a human live? Please don't ask me silly questions. Will you kill for the sake of you living hood? And if I am at his place I definitely will meet a man of compassion and a champion of peace. HUMAN VALUE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ON THIS EARTH.

[truthandtruthonly]

dadhondup of India.

(15,241)

truthandtruthonly wud highly recommend that u hire the best IP (intellectual property) lawyer to protect ur rights to ur brilliant line, "The Noble Peace Prize winner, President Barack Hussein Obama, who refused to meet another Nobel Peace Prize winner, the Dalai Lama".

[charlottebao]

Dalai Lama is not only a spiritual leader but a politician as well as the Vadigan in history trying to control all the Christian countries.

I guess when he becomes a pure spiritual leader without involving politics fighting, everybody will love to meet him.

By the way, Lama was the real king of the country for hundreds of years, but the majority was suffering of the poverty except few nobles were living in luxery life. Now people have far more better life than before(I saw myself).

[truthandtruthonly]

(15,693)

Can't argue with u one what u had posted, charlottebao.

Wishing the people there (& everywhere) fullest development, including their reconciliation with holy true loving God.

TQ for ur post.

[dadhondup]

Do u afraid of him ruling u and the Christan countries? Be cool he is a man of compassion and peace and regard every religion equal in the eyes of God. We Buddhist are not like you who discriminate other religion. Do you know who is destroying this beautiful earth? You people, who not only wanted to become rich and more powerful but killing innocent people as well. You know what Lama mean? Please don't teach me my history. Read ur own history and tell me if it is better than mine.

[Schattenaenzer]

yeah sure the environment we protect ....

[siunasing]

從奧巴馬防華看來, 我認為美國由始至終並不希望中國成為民主國家, 如果中國真成為民主國家的話, 將真正地對美國造成不可低檔的威脅, 只有中國不走向民主, 在未來50年內的中國仍然不足以對美國造成威脅. 因此, 美國是希望中國保持現狀, 中國的集權統治, 一來使中台關係沒法變得更好, 中國內部一直存在的極度矛盾也不能夠解決, 美國是很樂意接受這樣的一個中國.

[pkyeung]

The "town hall meeting" was just a staged show by the communist govn't. Not only the attending "students" were pre-screened, some of those allowed to ask questions were actually communist party cadres. Of course, the questions asked were pre-screened and rehearsed as well. Obama's attempt to present the so called "America values" was either censored or twisted in reports in China. It is sad to see the great nation of America had to wag their tails to ask for favors from their largest lender.

[MrPokerplayer2010]

shanghai people speak really horrible english!!!

[tomanyasses]

the worst president ever

[antisocialism]

共产主义及社会主义是注定失败!现在全世界只有五个名字叫共产主­义国家的国家.有多少个正在搞资本主义呢?大家心照明白!在共产­国家的人民.个个做牛做马.共产党的幹部就大鱼大肉.当年毛泽东­的肚子那麽大.中国人民个个都骨瘦如柴. 大家心里就明白了.西方的共产主义和社会主义是不适合中国的!中­国共产党应该取消共党专政! 中国才有希望! 人权! 民主! 自由! 平等!

[tomanyasses]

kjh oehg eoduhffoi fdop d ndp9hed`pej htg

[wondersh]

人家毛泽东吃得苦肯定比你要多，你的这些话非常的肤浅.

中国的问题不是共产党都很富，而是老百姓富的人很富穷的人很穷。­在一个本来农村人口远大于城市人口的国家套用资本主义的框架只能­显出无知。现在中国先解决好民生解决了温饱就非常不容易了，民主­和民权都要建立在一定物质基础上的。

[antisocialism]

你别胡扯了。。。。。你救不了中共的！共产主义已经灭亡！西方的­共产主义和社会主义是不适合中国的！

[wondersh]

喊口号和大字报已经过时了,以理才能服人啊

[dazzagazza6969]

How many Americans have died fighting Communism? Communism isn't so bad now?

I hope Americans are starting to realise how brainwashed they are by their corporate own government (two parties both ideaologically the same with subtle differences).

USA corporations have out-sourced American work to China, which has widened the gap between rich and poor in the USA - so they can maximise profits.

Americans are not as free as they are brainwashed to think.

[Anytime99]

OBAMA

[fzlllol]

怎麽這么多廢話連篇，自以爲是的霉國人

[truthandtruthonly]

(9,857)

BEWARE of he who advocates "freedom of religion" & claims to be a Christian BUT who mocked the Bible; is of Muslim parentage; bowed to Kaaba custodian Saudi king; absented himself frm the Christians National Day of Prayer to join Muslims in their breaking of Ramadan fast; walked thru a mosque w Muslims to admire it, which originally was a Christian church until it was robbed from the Christians by Muslims; openly declared his "Debt to Islam" (& its persecution of Jews & Christians).

[GemHudson]

No he needs to take command control of the entire world economic.

[cy5026]

lots of civil political war within CPC, interesting to see whats gona happen lol yea yea

[garfus2]

the chinese are more media literate IMO than the americans are, to put it in a nutshell. besides being just as "free" as the americans are at any point in their history, just on a different idealogical standard, some people prefer crack and gun crime and others prefer form government powers not included in the (AMERICAN) constitution. on snap, like 2 years ago u threw out habeus corpus, kidnapped people from foreign countries and opened guantanmo bay for torturin people. bill of rights FTW. :-P

[redmrlove13]

If you want to criticize the US Constitution, you should probably read it first. Habeas Corpus does not apply to people who are not US citizens. While I do not agree with the bulk of Bush's policies, there was nothing unconstitutional about that action.

[anku6]

LOL! Look all the people are stone faced. Like all things in China everything is orchestrated and controlled. The speech was heavily censored. Don't know how can people live in this 'police' society. What is wealth if you don't have freedom ?

[caesarzx]

you know nothing about China. u say such things just based on ur illusion or what? haha.

[wondersh]

it's a highest level address which need some serious atmosphere. it's a proper manner to the guests for the Asians. BTW, the audiences faces changed quite often by the Obama's speech in this video. U won't hear the topic on the Taiwan affairs and Twitter blocking issue if they were censored.

[ffoxypixie]

TELEPROMPTER LOL

[rmitsuen]

There is dispute because of the "information asymmetry". Chinese do not have the access to free information within China, they can only express their opinion based on what they are given by the government.

[mengyl]

if you can read Chinese, i suggest you browse some Chinese message boards. You will find Chinese netizens are pretty much the same as their American counterparts: criticizing the government, joking about the leaders and fighting upon political views. They are much more free than you think.

[rmitsuen]

Search "Tiananmen square 1989 64", see what you can get--Nothing! That's what I meant by using "Information Asymmetry".  If you are less than 40 years old, you really can not know what that REALLY mean.

[mengyl]

I'm not saying China does not censor the websites. The point is it is not as bad as you describe. the Tiananmen event is just a very extreme example and it cannot represent the whole picture. At present western values are in a stronger position and they can easily destroy many traditional values in other cultures (I'm not judging though). It is more than natural that almost all non-western countries have some sort of censorship against western influence.

[NowFact]

Yes, China has the firewall to block some information on the internet right now (I don't know about tomorrow). However, how did the Chinese students raise the question of this firewall? That means they know about it. How? Because they obtained blocked information through alternative source. That means they know how to get around the firewall. That means the firewall doesn't work! For those of you who sympathize the Chinese students not able to access information, this is really a joke!

[kenneth1017]

no need to take this so seriously, just political shows. maybe we had better think about how to get more oil out from the hand of each other

[kamlups]

To those meticulous expression observers, you better get used to it, b/c you should have found more exaggerated expressions on Obama's democrat followers when he'd hold a town hall meeting in U.S. If this clip disgusts you, you must been nauseated to death the night Obama was elected president. L to you.

[Libertyman78]

I'm a Christian, American and Libertarian who is moving to China next year. I think these ideas of guns being held to heads and Christians being persecuted all over are pretty outdated. Christianity is a state recognized religion. Even " house churches " are mostly left alone these days. You can buy Bibles in stores just as you can here. Though they can be hard to find in English. I just sent my friend an English one in the mail. There is work to do, but some ideas about China are incorrect.

[hyzhenhok]

However, it's illegal to openly proselytize outside of those state-sanctioned churched. That's a main source of Western criticism. The Chinese government is suspicious of independent religious organizations because they have heralded rebellion in Chinese history. The advancement of free religion in China, then, is tied to the advancement of liberal government. Unforunately, we've seen little such advancement since Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao came to power.

[YallMeanMVP]

more importantly they get funding from CIA outfits like NED, neoconservative wingnuts. If left unchecked, they will and shall become political tools to subvert govt under the guise of religious organization

[94z07]

If you held a gun on me or my family then I would ask the questions that are preapproved by the Chinese Maoists too.

The students here bear no shame or blame.

[NowFact]

If you travel to China or live in China for 6 months, you will be so ashamed of yourself making this foolish comment in the public. Then I would be eager to see how quickly you will delete it yourself. Read the comment from the Libertyman78. Your knowledge of China is so far behind and outdated!

[majingwei]

94z07 sir, I understand you have those misunderstandings about China, but it is not true anymore. How would you feel if a Chinese ask you if America still have slavery, and trust me some Chinese think slavery still happens in America, but that is not true. China used to be like that in the 60's but not now in 2009. time have changed, just like slavery in America. But China still have a lot problem. that Chinese ourself will solve in the future, we always do.

[dadhondup]

majingwei u as a chinese love ur country very much. I too love your people.We are same human race no matter of colors.But HUMAN RIGHT Violation is still taking place in china and you should not deny it. People are executed in Tibet and Xinjang without proper trial. So for god's sake don't support your government with your eyes close.

[charlesnoy]

The students are elected carefully and most of them are communist party members. Would you plse do not blame them? Coz they are all influenced by the state-owned mass media and their future are closely connected with their behaviors in the public like this.

[Jackyctgx]

@charlesnoy seems you are a big guy behind the scenes? can i ask you for the proof? or it is just your speculation?

[wondersh]

If u have a chance to talk with those students, u'll find they do have a wild vision on the world affairs even then most American. The newer the generation is, the less is influence is since they have many ways to retrieve information. And don't think they don't know as the internet sensation, it's impossible to block the info from internet now.

[hilsnchad]

@wondersh and how would you know that? most chinese people i know, even the ones living overseas where i live, have no idea about current affairs. Last year during the eve of the election, a young lady living here in Australia had NO IDEA who Obama was. I didn't know whether to puke or laugh my ass off. A lot of them in china read the internet, and believe everything they read. they are very narrow minded and think they know and are right in everything when they don't.

[wondersh]

Cause I'm used to be one of them.

I swere this generation know much more US affairs than what u know about China.

ppl always believe what they read. Those students have multiple resources to know the world both in Chinese and English. Not much ppl watch state channels quite often. I know the fact that US medias talk everything about US but not that much on China cause I'm living here for years. Immigrants in US are not big fans on world's affairs since they need to try best on surviving here.

[hilsnchad]

I know plenty about chinese people and their attitudes.Yes shanghai and what not are a global city filled with futuristic things now but their people are the same. Your average person in china are shut off from world affairs.And people who live overseas are constantly criticising the western media about attacking china n human rights and whatnot but don't realise that its because they have REAL problems with human rights.they are too defensive and think they are, i quote, "TOTALLY FREE".

[wondersh]

maybe Í didn't state quite clearly. I'm focused on the vision of 'the young generation'(born after 80's) not blended by the govenment. and we are talking about this peer. We don't deny there are tons of social problems in China since it's such a huge nation but our attitude is trying to make the country better. And at least, westerns should know that there're much more good aspects happened in China but unforturnately they don't. Just like ur impression of Communist -nothing good but evil

[wondersh]

@hilsnchad : .....if this party is nothing but evil, why its still not be collapsed. if we're talking about the problems such as human rights. China is on the track to abandom some old policies and concepts. u will easily find the positive trend in its recent 20 years if u know enough about China. China is still a developing country, so would u pls apply another non-US standard to review China affairs and give some time to it to solve problems. u'll find another 'Çhina' if u change ur vision.

[hilsnchad]

First of all, i never said anything is evil. you misunderstood. i talk to chinese people like you everyday and they all say the same things; that the western world is brainwashed by the western media and cannot see anything good about china. Maybe you are willing to admit there are social problems, but a lot are not. i ask them and they say the only problem they have in china is "corruption".many are naive, and immediately oppose other peopl's ideas and perspectives and see them as evil.

[slshu110]

@hilsnchad :sorry ,i gotta go.i Just want to say that cpc is a young party.ture, it's corruption is serious,but it is improving.please be lenient.chinese people are not insular as you believe.and we know our problems,we are trying to make it better,be patient.

[hilsnchad]

yes, there are good things about china and it has come a long way, but it has a long long way to go. i know it is still a developing country. Contrary to what you said, the people dont realise that they have problems such as human rights and freedom of expression and go onto great detail to defend them. .not collapsing is not an excuse for abandoning universal rights, yes it is amazing that one party can control so many people but that is not the point.

[wondersh]

Well, what I can say is, get on a cab in Chinese city and talk with the taxi driver, they'll talk anything including critizing the govnment and making jokes of leaders. I'm no saying many ppl in China know all the problems upon government but it's impossible not to discover the problems in their homeland cause they are happened on themselves. there always exists some unwised patriots but most of the youth generation that I know(including me) know the pro&cons of China.

[envanje]

wondersh

taxi drivers are the most disgusting people on earth when they make your bill. next time better talk to a factory worker.

[wondersh]

I respect every profession excluding criminals even I don't like it. Cuz they are making effort to take their life better.

[slshu110]

hello. i am a shanghai undergraduate. i am wodering if we are shut off, what am i doing now?there is no one i know who do not know your dear president. I admit not everyone in china know what happened on 64, 1989 but what's done is done.CPC has its weakness.can you be sure about what your government have told you?how many indian people they killed? how many money they lost? so ,be realistic ,please.

[hilsnchad]

hello to you too.maybe you don't know anyone but i assure you there are PLENTY of people who did not know obama, but maybe you are surrounded by university intellectuals who do care about the world and go out of the way to read about current affairs,or maybe coz obama was just IN China so of course everyone knows now. The problem is many ppl dont think CPC has the weaknesses to the extent that the western world know it does.Obama is not my president thanks very much, i dont even live in the US.

[chomspace]

Look at the expressions on the students in the background. When Obama talks about lofty things that admire China, they nod in agreement. As soon as he talks about religious freedom and universal rights, which are practical things, they remain totally still, even seemed odd and surprised. Thats modern China.

[Jackyctgx]

@chomspace how careful you are! You can infer whatever your stereotypical thoughts about China from everything you see and you hear if you want.

[NowFact]

That's because everything that the US did in the past 10 years discredited itself and they don't want to hear anyone lecturing China. They no longer believe that the US model is the only model for success. They don't believe US version/definition of "religious freedom" and "universal rights" are true. They understand the localization/customization of rights. They are far more sophisticated than average simple minded Americans who are brainwashed by the US corporate media.

[Deuszxable]

chomspace, oh sure, China is supposed to only view its negative side to the rest of the world is it? You hypocrite.