U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (L) claps as she watches a performance at the Summer Palace in Beijing, March 22, 2014. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama told an audience of college students in the Chinese capital on Saturday that open access to information - especially online - is a universal right.
But Obama stopped short of calling on China to offer its citizens greater freedoms on a visit in which she is expected to steer clear of more complicated political issues, but rather try to build goodwill through soft diplomacy.
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