it comes from lindsey hilsum of "independent television news." she had a conversation with a group of american studies students at renmin university in beijing. >> i think that united states is trying to transport its own values like freedom and democracy to other parts of world, but china, india, cuba have their own situations, maybe not suit those values. >> i think the problem is it might not suit china. if it is such a good thing it might evolve towards democracy on its own. >> the most witty and tricky thing about american government is that they put personal liberty as mainstream. >> it's cute because the americans picture an american soldier on street of iraq, saving iraq people from hell. i think whenever there is dictatorship, as someone would call it, u.s. tend to think its their job to save those people. they haven't realized that democracy is absolute value in u.s. but might not be that absolute in other countries. >> reporter: but people would say you don't have real freedom of speech, so even if you did really hate the government yo

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lindsey hilsum, of independent television news, has this report from alexandria. >> reporter: we set off two hours after curfew. a few cars sit on the streets being stopped at check points, manned by what they're calling the popular front, vigilante groups. at first we were unsure if they would let us through. but they gave us a password. then we were free to drive wherever we wanted. so we headed for market square where i had heard people were having a sit-down protest. we arrived as dusk fell. we were immediately mobbed. we met a man who said his son had been shot while peacefully protesting on friday. he said he even knew the name of the policeman who did it. >> he shot my son through the head and the bullet came out the other side. he and his fellow officers are part of the regime. they are thugs. the terrorism we see now, the thugs we catch in their cars are police officers and sergeants, not just ordinary criminals. >> reporter: we never made it into the square. because the people pushed and shouted and wouldn't let us through until we had heard their message. mubarak must go.