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S President Barack Obama wants you to like him. And comment on him. And share
his posts, too.
Obama launched his own personal Facebook page Monday, in a fresh attempt from
the social media-savvy president to spread his message through nontraditional
channels.
"President Obama, public figure" was quickly welcomed to the world of likes, longlost friends and baby photos. Obama gained more than 200,000 likes in the first
three hours his page was live. Among the early commenters were Facebook's chief
operating officer Sheryl Sandburg.
Obama has long had a Twitter account, and his political campaigns have run a
Facebook page under his name for years. "Barack Obama, politician" is still run by
an iteration of that political operation, Organizing for Action.

The new page, however, is aimed at casting Obama as a regular guy, not a
politician. In his inaugural video post, Obama gives a small tour of his "backyard" at
the White House, noting he often sees a fox on the grounds, a hawk named Lincoln
and other "critters". Obama then works in a plug for his work fighting climate
change and asks for support in trying to "preserve this beautiful planet of ours" for
future generations.

In his biography, Obama describes himself as "Dad, husband, and 44th President of
the United States." But the ordinary guy routine ends there: The page also notes
that comments and messages may be archived according to the Presidential
Records Act.
IJING: A Chinese newspaper linked to the ruling Communist Party warned Myanmar
Tuesday not to leave its embrace for the US, as opposition leader Aung San Suu
Kyi's party was slated to wrest power from the military-backed government.
Beijing was Yangon's closest ally during the later years of military rule, providing a
shield from international opprobrium and a lifeline as a trading partner for the junta.
But China's extraction of raw materials spurred popular anger across Myanmar, and

Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy have vowed to better represent the
will of the people.
As Myanmar's quasi-civilian government has moved toward open elections and
worked to improve relations with Western countries, ties with China have moved
"from special to normal", the Global Times, affiliated with Chinese Communist Party
mouthpiece People's Daily, said in an editorial.
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Moving closer to the US would be "a witless move (that) would ruin the strategic
space and resources it can obtain from China's amicable policies", the editorial said.
"China has been strategically magnanimous and kind."
Observers say the scale of interests China accrued in Myanmar during military rule,
mainly in natural resources, added to internal tensions.

But in June Beijing hosted Suu Kyi in a sign that key players in both nations are keen
on tying down future relations.

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One of current Myanmar President Thein Sein's first major acts after assuming
power was to halt construction of the huge Chinese-backed Myitsone dam in Kachin
state.

In an apparent reference to the $3.6 billion project, the Global Times editorial said
"the disruption of large programs between the two sides does not serve Myanmar's
interests".

Earlier this year, Beijing strongly rebuked its neighbour after a Myanmar plane
dropped a bomb in Chinese territory, leaving five Chinese citizens dead, amid
fighting between government troops and ethnic Chinese Kokang rebels.