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Image: Obama at the Great Wall of China

November 18, 2009 19:11 IST

United States President Barack Obama's [ Images ] tour of China has evoked tremendous interest across the globe, and India in particular. As Obama soft-pedals on Tibet, and includes China in his vision to ensure peace in South Asia, there's growing worry over what this increasing affinity between the two world powers means for the region.

Image: Barack Obama tours Badaling section of the Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing on Wednesday.

Photograph: Reuters