Obama: US does not seek to contain China's rise

U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday in Shanghai that Washington was not trying to contain China's rise.

He added that trade between the two giants needed to be "more balanced".
Addressing students at a town hall-style meeting in Shanghai on the first full day of his first trip to China, Obama said the notion that Washington and Beijing must be adversaries was not pre-destined.

"We do not seek to contain China's rise," Obama said before taking questions from the audience as well as from Chinese over the Internet.

"On the contrary we welcome China as a strong and prosperous and successful member of the community of nations -- a China that draws on the right strengths and creativity of individual Chinese."

"We do not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation but we also don't believe the principals we stand for are unique to our nation."

People's Daily Online