Beijing (AFP) - Visiting US first lady Michelle Obama held a meeting on Sunday at the US embassy with Chinese educators and families, after her arrival there sparked a minor security alert.
Two people just outside the embassy began shouting as her motorcade pulled in, while police and men in gray sweatshirts and pants ran to subdue them.
It was unclear what they were shouting about.
Obama is making a week-long trip to China focused on education and "soft" issues.
US officials have stressed that the visit by Obama -- who is accompanied by her daughters and mother -- is not meant to touch on politics.
Since arriving in the capital on Thursday night, she has played table tennis with students and toured the Forbidden City with her counterpart Peng Liyuan.
But she briefly trod political ground in a speech Saturday morning at Peking University's Stanford Centre, calling for greater freedoms while refraining from calling out China by name.
"As my husband has said, we respect the uniqueness of other cultures and societies," Obama told a crowd of about 200 students, most of whom were from the United States.
"But when it comes to expressing yourself freely, and worshipping 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," she said.
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