Beijing television ran a lengthy item on Monday on Barack Obama’s declining domestic popularity in the US. Simultaneously in Shanghai, the US president was doing his best to boost America’s approval rating with the Chinese in a US-style “town hall“ event.
“I’m a big supporter of non-censorship,” Mr Obama said in response to an online question on what he thought of the great Chinese internet firewall. “I think the more freely information flows, the stronger society becomes.”
