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US lady Michelle Obama tried her hand at Chinese calligraphy Friday during a visit to a high school in Beijing at the start of a weeklong visit to China aimed at promoting education and person-to-person exchanges.
Obama was joined by Peng Liyuan, the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Accompanied by her daughters Malia and Sasha and mother Marian Robinson, Obama practiced writing the Chinese character for "eternal" under the guidance of 16-year-old student Lu Yuhong.
"I'm nervous," Obama said. "Don't be nervous," Peng replied in English.
Lu said he too was nervous, as well as "very excited."
"But the first lady was so amicable. She was very approachable," Lu said.
The visit marks the first meeting between Obama and Peng, whose husbands run the world's first and second largest economies and have sought to build a new relationship based on trust and mutual respect.
Peng then accompanied the Obama women to the former Imperial Palace. That was to be followed by a private dinner and a performance. On Saturday, Obama was to speak at prestigious Peking University, and on Sunday visit the Great Wall.
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