challenges. number two, we need to increase our communication and coordination. and, number three, we need to respect and accommodate each other s interests and concerns. i m convinced that as long as our two sides continue to act in this spirit and as long as we continue to work together with other countries concerned, we will be able to engage in cooperation in an even broader range of areas to the benefit of world peace and development. all right, everybody. thank you so much for your patience due to the technical difficulties, president hu, once again we appreciate your visit. we appreciate the dialogue, and we are looking forward to having dinner with you later this evening. [ speaking chinese ]
end the president himself, president obama, had to apologize for the technical problems. let s listen to what he said. all right. everybody, thank you so much for your patience due to the technical difficulties, president hu, once again we appreciate your visit. we appreciate the dialogue, and we are looking forward to having dinner with you later this evening. reporter: and on one of the big issues, human rights, that s where it really showed because a question was asked of both president obama and president hu about human rights. president obama answered that question, but president hu did not, and at that point it was unclear whether he d actually heard it. they went on to another question, and it it was pretty confusing, so here s what president hu said. he was asked the question again, and this is what he said.