KUALA LUMPUR， Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- The following is the latest world badminton ranking for men's singles as released by the Badminton World Federation here on Thursday:


1. LEE Chong Wei， Malaysia， 79，563 points


2. CHEN Long， China， 76，144 points


3. Jan O JORGENSEN， Denmark， 75，042 points


4. Viktor AXELSEN， Denmark， 70，494 points


5. LIN Dan， China， 68，208 points


6. SON Wan Ho， South Korea， 67，984 points


7. TIAN Houwei， China， 62，680 points


8. CHOU Tien Chen， Chinese Taipei， 57，085 points


9. NG Ka Long Angus， Hong Kong， 52，953 points


10. SHI Yuqi， China， 52，800 point Enditem

President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan greet US first lady Michelle Obama (third left) Air Max 2018 Shoes Sale , her daughters Malia (right), Sasha (left) and Obama’s mother Marian Robinson (second left) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday. The Obama family is making a weeklong visit to China. [PhotoXinhua] President Xi Jinping shakes hands with visiting US first lady Michelle Obama as his wife Peng Liyuan and Obama’s daughters Malia (right) and Sasha look on before they proceed to a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing yesterday. The meeting followed what the first lady called a wonderful day visiting a high school and the Forbidden City. Obama is scheduled to speak at Peking University today and visit the Great Wall tomorrow.— AFP

US first lady Michelle Obama said she was amazed by the country’s culture when she tried her hand at Chinese calligraphy for the first time on Friday.


"I want to try again, it’s beautiful," she said after writing the Chinese character 永 (yong), which means "forever" in English.

Chinese president Air Max Shoes Sale , his wife pose with the Obamas at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Obama wrote a Chinese character 'forever' First ladies visit the Forbidden City

She made the brush strokes under the guidance of a Chinese student at the Second High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University.


The character she wrote was a typical one for calligraphy skills training. Yang Jie, the class teacher, said ancient Chinese calligrapher Wang Xizhi spent decades writing the character.


"Mrs Obama has done very well as a beginner," she said.


Obama is on a weeklong visit to China with her mother, Marian Robinson Nike Air Max 90 Sale , and her two daughters, Malia and Sasha. It is her first trip to China and also the first official visit by a US first lady to the country without the accompaniment of a US president. The family arrived in Beijing on Thursday evening.


China’s first lady, Peng Liyuan, who invited Michelle Obama to China, accompanied the guests throughout the day. The US first lady’s office said earlier that Peng designed the entire schedule for the tour.


President Xi Jinping and Peng also met their guests in the afternoon at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.


Xi said he "cherishes the well-established good working relations and friendship" with the US president Nike Air Max 2017 Sale , according to a Foreign Ministry press release.


Xi also said he "has kept close communication" with the White House through channels including meetings and phone calls.


"I believe that through concerted efforts China-US relations will keep advancing to the goal of the new type of relations between major nations," Xi said.


Obama said she had been impressed by her experiences during the day and expected to make more visits to China. Peng later hosted a dinner for the guests.


The two first ladies turned on the style. Peng wore a dark blue, long suit dress in the morning and a black Chinese-style suit for the official meeting. Obama was dressed in black and white in the morning, changing into a red dress in the afternoon.


In the morning at the high school, Lu Yuhong Nike Air Max 2018 Sale , an outstanding student in the elective calligraphy class, acted as mentor for Obama’s Chinese calligraphy skills.


"I was very nervous at first," said Lu, 17. His right hand shook when he showed Obama how to write the character.


But she made him relax. "I’ll be worse," she said Nike Air Max Sale , drawing laughter from those in the classroom.


Lu said later, "The character of yong is our wish for China-US relations."


Standing next to Obama, a smiling Peng gave the lesson her full attention and showed her US guest how to hold the brush.


Peng also wrote a piece of calligraphy and presented it to Obama as a gift. The piece reads 厚德载物 (houde zaiwu), which means that great virtue carries all things.


Some of the students in the class are from the US and are spending a year in China. About 800 students attend the school and about a quarter of them are international students.


Malia Obama, the US first family’s elder daughter Air Max 90 Sale , recognized Audrey Fritz, her schoolmate at the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC, in the classroom.


The pair embraced and Malia told Audrey to meet her during the next semester back in the US.


Alex Wade, another student, said Air Max 2017 Sale , "I heard that this is going to be the first meeting between the first ladies of the United States and China. It is a momentous occasion." Student Maya Dornbrand-Lo said the fact that Michelle Obama "is coming to China to promote education carries a lot of weight".


Ailslinn Mayfield, 16, said: "I know she (Peng) is revered really highly, and when I talked to a lot of Chinese people they said 'Oh she is beautiful, I love her’. And I think the same applies for Michelle Obama in America."


Obama played table tennis in the school stadium Air Max 2018 Sale , reminding people of the table tennis diplomacy that helped to warm relations between Beijing and Washington in 1971 and led to the normalization of bilateral ties.


Later, Peng and Obama toured the Forbidden City on a warm, blue-sky day. US President Barack Obama said in 2009 after touring the historic site that he hoped to revisit.

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