Obama's first visit to China: Art depicting Obama good and bad

President Barack Obama arriving in Shanghai, China Sunday night.              Photo/AP

Shanghai, China – President Obama arrived in China, today, late Sunday night, November 15, in a driving rain where he was reportedly hustled through umbrella-holding dignitaries to his limousine.
 

Tomorrow, the president will will make an embassy visit, meet with the mayor and hold a town hall-style meeting with students, "future Chinese leaders."
 

The president’s visit has kept Chinese artists busy as they created a plethora of items depicting the President before his scheduled arrival.  Chinese government officials banned a popular T-shirt being sold at local markets. The shirts were depicting Obama wearing a Chinese Communist outfit made famous by Mao Zedong, the late Communist leader. The back had “Oba-Mao” printed on it.
 

A bronze sculpture of President Barack Obama that bursts into flames by sculptor Liu Bolin is on display at a local museum in Beijing, China. The Chinese have learned English from his speeches and celebrated the "fearless" way he rolls up his sleeves. Chinese artist Kang Yongguo shows off egg paintings Sunday of President Obama and President Hu Jintao.

Reportedly unruffled by the good and bad works of art, Obama said he understands and  recognizes China as the world's third-largest economy on the way to becoming the second and the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt.
 

Second, Obama does not want to anger Beijing, but to encourage it to pair its growing economic and political clout with greater leadership in solving some of the most urgent global problems, including a sagging economy, a warming planet and the spread of dangerous weapons.
 

Obama has talked warmly toward China, particularly in the days leading up to his visit.
"The United States does not seek to contain China," Obama said in a speech from Tokyo on Saturday. "On the contrary, the rise of a strong, prosperous China can be a source of strength for the community of nations." 
 

CNN & Associated Press contributed