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Obama's visit to Myanmar an exercise in 'soft power'

The first visit to Burma by a sitting US president is laden with political and economic implications, and China is watching very closely.

T-shirts of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and US President Barack Obama (R) are displayed for sale at a market in Yangon on November 18, 2012.

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