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China Watching Obama Burma Visit

Scott Stearns

Published November 19, 2012

Barack Obama is the first U.S. president to visit Burma. It is part of a trip to Asia meant to reinforce Washington's so-called "Asia pivot" which has raised concerns in Beijing about greater U.S. influence in the region. VOA State Department correspondent Scott Stearns reports on how China sees the president's visit to Burma.

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