USA TODAY: First lady Michelle Obama called on China Saturday to respect universal rights including freedom of expression and religion, and open access to information.
Her week-long trip, focused on education, embraces pandas, ping-pong and people-to-people diplomacy, but she used a speech at Peking University to push China to soften its authoritarian system.
“When it comes to expressing yourself freely, and worshiping as you choose, and having open access to information – we believe those are universal rights that are the birthright of every person on this planet,” Obama told an audience of Chinese and U.S. students at the Stanford Center of Peking University… (more)
