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SHOTLIST 1. Wide shot of news conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xiang Wenbo, Director of Sany Group: "What we did is a normal investment in the US under the American law. We didn't do anything that hurts anyone or breaks the rules, let alone harm the country. I think this time we are forced to be high-key regarding this case. To hold a media briefing is the only way for me to explain the truth." 3. Wide of journalists listening 4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xiang Wenbo, Director of Sany Group: "Things can't be settled unless we sue Barack Obama, because everyone knows that we have been treated unfairly in the US. And the decision was made directly on the order of President Obama. If we don't sue him, who else should be sued?" 5. Wide shot of news conference STORYLINE A Chinese company suing President Barack Obama for blocking its planned wind farm projects in Oregon on Thursday accused the US leader of treating the firm unfairly, saying they had done nothing wrong. Construction machinery giant Sany denies the project posed security risks and said US officials were discriminating against the company because it was Chinese. It filed a lawsuit against the US government last month and added Obama's name as a defendant later. The president last month blocked plans by Sany-affiliate Ralls Corporation to build four wind farms near a US navy base, after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States concluded it posed security risks. It was the first time a US president stepped in to halt such a foreign business deal for national security reasons since 1990, when President George H.W. Bush scuttled the sale of a manufacturer to a Chinese agency. At a Beijing news conference on Thursday, Sany company officials again insisted they had done nothing wrong. "What we did is a normal investment in the US under the American law. We didn't do anything that hurts anyone or breaks the rules, let alone harm the country," said company director Xiang Wenbo. According to Sany, Ralls purchased the Butter Creek wind farm project from a Greek electricity grid company with the development already approved and permits in hand. Xiang Wenbo said the company had agreed to transfer, relocate or remove the wind turbines after objections were raised, but they hadn't been allowed to. Sany alleges that the US investment committee and Obama exceeded their authority and deprived Sany of its private property rights without legal procedures. It also claims that US officials provided no evidence to show the project threatened American national security. US officials have said the Sany case has no merit and that they will "vigorously" defend against it. The stand-off has handed Obama the opportunity to appear tough on Chinese interests during an US election campaign in which both the president and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney have invoked China as a villain in their arguments about revitalising the US economy. Both have accused the other of policies that send jobs to China. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a4cb650c9c0b7a0c968eb1f7a720ddd6 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork