Mon Nov 16, 1:10 AM ET

US President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting in Shanghai, on November 16. Obama has hailed improvements in relations between China and Taiwan, saying there was no need to change Washington's "one-China" policy. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)

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