【正文】 ugh dialogue and negotiations, problems can be always think that39。s the better I think that economic ties and mercial ties that are taking place in this region are helping to lower a lot of the tensions that date back before you were born or even before I was , there are some people who still look towards the past when it es to these issues, as opposed to looking towards the prefer to look towards the as I said, I think the mercial ties that are taking placethere39。s something about when people think that they can do business and make money that makes them think very clearly and not worry as much about I think that that39。s starting to happen in this region, and we are very supportive of that ?Let39。s see, it39。s a girl39。s turn now, right? Yes, right on, let39。s getwhoops, I39。m sorry, they took the mic back 39。ll call on you ahead, and then I39。ll go up here : Thank OBAMA: I39。ll call on you I39。ll on her first and then I39。ll call on you : Okay, thank , I39。m a student from Shanghai Jiao Tong have a question concerning the Nobel Prize for your opinion, what39。s the main reason that you were honored the Nobel Prize for Peace? And willit give you more responsibility and pressure tomore pressure and the responsibility to promote world peace? And will it bring youwill it influence your ideas while dealing with the international affairs? Thank you very OBAMA: Thank was an excellent have to say that nobody was more surprised than me about winning the Nobel Prize for it39。s a great don39。t believe necessarily that it39。s an honor I deserve, given the extraordinary history of people who have won the I can do is to, with great humility, accept the fact that I think the mittee was inspired by the American people and the possibilities of changing not only America but also America39。s approach to the so in some ways I think they gave me the prize but I was more just a symbol of the shift in our approach to world affairs that we are trying to terms of the burden that I feel, I am extraordinarily honored to be put in the position of as my wife always reminds me when I plain that I39。m working too hard, she says, you volunteered for this job.(Laughter.)And so youthere39。s a sayingI don39。t know if there39。s a similar saying in Chinawe have a saying: “You made your bed, now you have to sleep in it.” And it basically means you have to be careful what you ask for because you might get think that all of us have obligations for trying to promote peace in the 39。s not always easy to are still a lot of conflicts in the world that aredate back for you look at the Middle East, there are wars and conflict that are rooted in arguments going back a thousand many parts of the worldlet39。s say, in the continent of Africathere are ethnic and tribal conflicts that are very hard to obviously, right now, as President of the United States, part of my job is to serve as CommanderinChief, and my first priority is to protect the American because of the attacks on 9/11 and the terrorism that has been taking place around the world where innocent people are being killed, it is my obligation to make sure that we root out these terrorist organizations, and that we cooperate with other countries in terms of dealing with this kind of , although I don39。t think that we can ever pletely eliminate violence between nations or between peoples, I think that we can definitely reduce the violence between peoplesthrough dialogue, through the exchange of ideas, through greater understanding between peoples and between particularly now when just one individual can detonate a bomb that causes so much destruction, it is more important than ever that we pursue these strategies for is a powerful instrument for good, but it has also given the possibility for just a few people to cause enormous that39。s why I39。m hopeful that in my meetings with President Hu and on an ongoing basis, both the United States and China can work together to try to reduce conflicts that are taking have to do so, though, also keeping in mind that when we use our military, because we39。re such big and strong countries, that we have to be selfreflective about what we do。that we have to examine our own motives and our own interests to make sure that we are not simply using our military forces because nobody can stop 39。s a burden that great countries, great powers, have, is to act responsibly in the munity of my hope is, is that the United States and China together can help to create an international norms that reduce conflict around the world.(Applause.) right? JonI39。m going to call on my Ambassador because I think he has a question that was generated through the Web site of our was selected, though, by I think one of the members of our corps so thatAMBASSADOR HUNTSMAN: That39。s not surprisingly, “in a country with 350 million Internet users and 60 million bloggers, do you know of the firewall?” And second, “should we be able to use Twitter freely”is the OBAMA: Well, first of all, let me say that I have never used noticed that young peoplethey39。re very busy with all these thumbs are too clumsy to type in things on the I am a big believer in technology and I39。m a big believer in openness when it es to the flow of think that the more freely information flows, the stronger the society bees, because then citizens of countries around the world can hold their own governments can begin to think for generates new encourages so I39。ve always been a strong supporter of open Internet 39。m a big supporter of is part of the tradition of the United States that I discussed before, and I recognize that different countries have different can tell you that in the United States, the fact that we have free Internetor unrestricted Internet access is a source of strength, and I think should be , I should tell you, I should be honest, as President of the United States, there are times where I wish information didn39。t flow so freely because then I wou