Source: CCTV.com

11-05-2008 16:27

Democrat, Barack Obama, has claimed victory over his Republican rival, John McCain, to become the next President of the United States.

Today we are pleased to have Professor Yan Xuetong with us here in the studio for his perspective on the US election.

Professor Yan Xuetong, Director of Institude of Int'l Studies, Tsinghua University.(CCTV.com)

Question 2:

His biography, white mother, African father, a childhood spent in Hawaii and Indonesia, working in one of the nation's poorest communities, studying and teaching at some of America's most prestigious universities, is unlike that of any other presidential candidate. And we've seen huge turnouts for the election. So do you think Obama serves as a unifying force in the US?

 

Editor:Zhang Pengfei