CHINA: U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama tours the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, in China's Shaanxi province, and joins folk dances at a welcome ceremony near the City Walls

Record ID: 596537

  • Title: CHINA: U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama tours the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, in China's Shaanxi province, and joins folk dances at a welcome ceremony near the City Walls
  • Date: 24th March 2014
  • Summary: XI'AN, SHAANXI PROVINCE, CHINA (MARCH 24, 2014) (AGENCY POOL) EXTERIOR ENTRANCE TERRACOTTA WARRIOR MUSEUM SECURITY LINED UP OUTSIDE MUSEUM / PEOPLE LOOKING ON INTERIOR MUSEUM WITH VIEW OVER TERRACOTTA WARRIORS U.S. FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA, WITH 12-YEAR-OLD AND 15-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTERS SASHA AND MALIA LOOKING AT TERRACOTTA WARRIORS DETAIL OF TERRACOTTA WARRIORS OBAMA VISI
  • Embargoed: 8th April 2014 13:00
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  • Location: China
  • Country: China
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA94W4WHP8WBGCGDNMD4HRX4LW
  • Story Text: U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama visited on Monday (March 24) the western Chinese historic city of Xi'an.
    Accompanied by her daughters Sasha and Malia, Obama toured the Terracotta Warriors and attended a welcome ceremony at the City Wall, joining folk dances and skipping the rope with children, to the delight of her hosts.
    Earlier on Saturday (March 22), Obama told an audience of college students in Beijing that open access to information - especially online - was a universal right.
    But Obama stopped short of calling on China to offer its citizens greater freedoms on a visit in which she is expected to steer clear of more complicated political issues, but rather try to build goodwill through soft diplomacy.
    Obama is set to leave China on Wednesday (March 26).
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