 | U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, right, speaks with Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 1, 2005. Zoellick is in Beijing to exchange views with Chinese leaders on China-U.S. relations. click to open  |
 | U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick (R) is seen smiling during talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, August 1, 2005. The U.S. and China launched bi-annual strategic talks on Monday to try to keep their increasingly complex relationship on an even keel as friction rises over a range of issues. Also in the picture is the U.S. ambassador to China Clark T. Randt Jr (L). click to open  |
 | U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, left, shakes hands with Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 1, 2005. Zoellick is in Beijing to exchange views with Chinese leaders on China-U.S. relations. click to open  |
 | U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, left, shakes hands with Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 1, 2005. Zoellick is in Beijing to exchange views with Chinese leaders on China-U.S. relations. click to open  |
 | U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right speaks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing across the table at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing Monday, March 21, 2005. Rice seeks further help from China in getting North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks and has aired Washington's concerns about Beijing's bellicose rhetoric on Taiwan. click to open  |
 | U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice answers a question during a news conference in Beijing March 21, 2005. Rice, who met China's leaders at the Great Hall of the People, has used her trip to increase pressure on Beijing to persuade its neighbour North Korea to return to negotiations over scrapping its nuclear arms programmes. click to open  |
 | U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice answers a question during a news conference in Beijing March 21, 2005. Rice, who met China's leaders at the Great Hall of the People, has used her trip to increase pressure on Beijing to persuade its neighbour North Korea to return to negotiations over scrapping its nuclear arms programmes. click to open  |
 | U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice adjusts her microphones as the American and Chinese flags stand behind her during a press conference at a hotel, part of her program during a two-day visit to the Chinese capital Beijing, the final stop on a weeklong tour of Asian capitals Monday March 21, 2005. Rice is seeking further help from China in getting North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks and has aired Washington's concerns about Beijing's bellicose rhetoric on Taiwan. click to open  |
 | U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reacts to a question by the media during a press conference at a hotel, part of her program during a two-day visit to the Chinese capital Beijing, the final stop on a weeklong tour of Asian capitals Monday March 21, 2005. Rice is seeking further help from China in getting North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks and has aired Washington's concerns about Beijing's bellicose rhetoric on Taiwan. click to open  |
 | U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice answers a question during a news conference in Beijing March 21, 2005. Rice, who met China's leaders at the Great Hall of the People, has used her trip to increase pressure on Beijing to persuade its neighbour North Korea to return to negotiations over scrapping its nuclear arms programmes. click to open  |