Obama arrives in China for first visit
15/11/2009 - 17:06:52US President Barack Obama arrived in Shanghai tonight, launching a three-day visit to an important global US partner and his first travels in China.
Mr Obama’s jet landed in Shanghai late tonight in a driving rain. He stopped briefly at the top of the aircraft stairs to wave, then disappeared into a knot of umbrellas at the bottom, where Chinese dignitaries greeted him on his way into his limousine.
Mr Obama is in Shanghai for one day, then travels to Beijing for a two-day state visit hosted by Chinese President Hu Jintao.
