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A wary willingness

By Geoff Dyer and Edward Luce

Published: November 19 2009 22:29 | Last updated: November 19 2009 22:29

US president visits China

In one of those happy coincidences of presidential scheduling, just as Barack Obama was receiving a private tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon following three hours of meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao, residents of the Czech Republic were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the student protest that started the Velvet Revolution.

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