Barack Obama in Asia
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President Barack Obama, accompanied by the South Korean president, Lee Myung-Bak, attends a welcome ceremony at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea
Photograph: Kim Jae-hwan/AP
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Obama bows before Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan as he arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo
Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP
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Residents of Obama City, in Fukui prefecture, wait for the US president to pass in front of them in Tokyo
Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images
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Audience members take pictures of Obama as he speaks at Suntory Hall, in Tokyo
Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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A protest against Obama's visit in Seoul, South Korea
Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
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Obama's car arrives at the Istana palace, where the president was meeting Singapore's prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong
Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
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Obama with Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders, from left: Japan's prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama; the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; the prime minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong; and China's president, Hu Jintao
Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA
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The Malaysian prime minister, Najib Tun Razak; the Burmese PM, Thein Sein; the Philippines president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; the Singapore PM, Lee Hsien Loong; Barack Obama; and the Thai PM, Abhisit Vejjajiva, at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Singapore
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Obama meets Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, on the sidelines of the Apec summit in Singapore
Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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The spot where Obama was meant to stand during the declaration ceremony at the end of the the Apec summit in Singapore. Obama did not attend the ceremony
Photograph: Michael Fiala/Reuters
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Students hold posters of Obama after a town hall-style meeting with him at the Museum of Science and Technology in Shanghai
Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters
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Obama listens to a question from the audience at the meeting in Shanghai
Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA
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Obama greets students after the event
Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP
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Obama shakes hands with the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, after a joint press conference at the Great Hall of People in Beijing
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Chinese troops at a welcoming ceremony for Obama at the Great Hall of the People
Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA
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A bilateral meeting for the leaders at the Great Hall of the People
Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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Obama and the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, at the Great Hall of the People
Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters
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Obama and entourage visit the Forbidden City
Photograph: David Gray/Reuters
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Obama visits the Forbidden City in Beijing
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Obama jokes as he tours the Forbidden City
Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters
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Obama visits the Forbidden City in Beijing
Photograph: David Gray/Reuters
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Waitresses stand outside the meeting between Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing
Photograph: David Gray/EPA
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President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao prior to a meeting at the Diaoyutai state guest house in Beijing
Photograph: David Gray/AP
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Chinese police walk up the Great Wall of China to be in position before the arrival of US President Barack Obama for a tour in Badaling
Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters
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Barack Obama tours the Great Wall of China at Badaling
Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters
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President Barack Obama tours the Great Wall of China in Badaling
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President Barack Obama tours the Great Wall of China in Badaling with Chinese Ambassador to the US Zhou Wenzhong
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President Barack Obama's motorcade leaves the Badaling section of The Great Wall of China
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President Barack Obama arrives at a US military airbase in Osan, South Korea. Obama is in South Korea for two days as the final destination of his first Asia tour as the US President
Photograph: Lee Yong-Ho/Getty Images
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South Korean activists shout welcome slogans and hold portraits of Obama during a pro-US rally near the US Embassy in Seoul, South Korea
Photograph: Jeon Heon-kyun/EPA
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Obama and Myung-bak inspect an honour guard during a welcome ceremony at the presidential Blue House in Seoul
Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
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Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Myung-bak at the presidential Blue House in Seoul
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Obama displays his skills in the Korean martial art of taekwondo at the presidential office in Seoul. Myung-bak gave him a taekwondo uniform and black belt as a gift during his visit. Obama is known to have studied the martial art for four years from 2001, when he was a senator in Illinois
Photograph: Yonhapnews Agency/EPA
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Obama greets US troops at Osan Air Base, south of Seoul
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Obama speaks at a rally of US troops at Osan Air Force Base
Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
