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...Obama plans to make his first visit to China in mid-November, U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. announced today during his first meeting in Beijing with journalists....Huntsman, who arrived in China the night before, chatted with journalists in the front yard of this diplomatic residence in downtown Beijing. The Republican former governor of Utah was flanked by his wife and three of his seven children

AUGUST 22, 2009 Obama to Visit China in November Associated Press BEIJING -- President Barack Obama will visit China for the first time in November, the new U.S. ambassador said Saturday, a day after he arrived in the country. Ambassador Jon Huntsman gave no specific dates, but Obama is scheduled to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Singapore on Nov. 14-15. Huntsman, a former Republican governor of Utah and ambassador to Singapore, said the visit would be part of a boost in contacts with China as the countries grow increasingly interdependent. "I am hopeful, confident, that by the end...