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CHINESE President Hu Jintao has defended China's slow political reforms overnight, at the end of a US tour, as hundreds of protestors tried to drown out his speech at Yale University. Mr Hu has been dogged by the Falun gong movement and human rights protesters throughout his four days in the United States. More than 200 protestors, mainly from Falun gong, pounded drums and shouted into bullhorns the auditorium where Mr Hu spoke at the prestigious university. "Falun Dafa is good!" the protestors screamed. Other protestors demanded the release of dissidents including a jailed New York Times researcher, Zhao Yan....

CHINESE leader Hu Jintao has been tailed by protesters after arriving in Seattle on the first stop of his US visit, with signs and chants denouncing China's treatment of Falun Gong members and calling for the release of dissidents. Dozens of demonstrators lined the streets outside the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle, where Mr Hu was staying, holding large banners and using bullhorns to try to grab his attention as his motorcade whisked through. "Nazi-like brutal genocide concentration camps is re-emerging in China," one sign by the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement said outside the hotel. "Free Tibet! China...