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 | Several hundred people braved the high winds and chilly temperatures at Denver International Airport Saturday, April 10, 1999, to welcome Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, who is the first Chinese premier to ever step on Colorado soil. click to open  |  | Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, center, accepts a bouquet of flowers from 6-year-old Maura McKay, while Rongji's wife, Madame Lao An, second from left, waits for a bouquet from 7-year-old Stuart Foster, right, before the Chinese diplomats depart Denver International Airport on Sunday, April 11, 1999, after a one-day visit to Denver, Colo. Zhu and a large contingent of delegates are on a nine-day tour of the United States, which now heads to Chicago. click to open |  | Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, right, inspects a football jersey with his name on it at the Broncos' team headquarters facility in Denver, Colo. on April 10, 1999. At left is Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, who presented the jersey and is preparing to present a team-signed football from Superbowl XXXIII. click to open |  | Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, middle, tries his hand at throwing a football at the Denver Broncos football team headquarters facility Saturday, April 10, 1999, during a day-long visit to Denver. At left is Colorado Governor Bill Owens and at right is Zhu's wife Lao An. click to open |  | Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, left, looks at the Vince Lombardi trophy won by the Denver Broncos in Superbowl XXXIII at the Broncos football team headquarters facility on April 10, 1999 in Denver, Colo.With Zhu is his wife Lao An, center, and Colorado Governor Bill Owens, behind Lao. click to open |  | Colorado first lady Frances Owens, center left, applauds for a operatic performance along with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, his wife Madame Lao An, second from right, and Colorado Gov. Bill Owens, right, in Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo., Saturday, April 10, 1999. The Chinese dignitaries are visiting Colorado for a day during their tour of the United States. click to open |  | Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji kisses Elizabeth Card, 7, of Denver, who presented him with flowers after he arrived at Denver International Airport Saturday, April 10, 1999 in Denver, Colo. Standing in the background left to right are Colorado first lady Frances Owens, Governor Bill Owens, and Denver Mayor Wellington Webb. Man in upper right is unidentified. click to open |  | China Premier Zhu Rongji, center, and his wife, Madame Lao An, left, are greeted with a bouquest of flowers by Colorado Gov. Bill Owens, right, as the Chinese dignitaries step off their airplane at Denver International Airport Saturday, April 10, 1999, to start their whirlwind one-day visit to the Centennial State. Rongji's stop in Denver is one of several stops on his tour of the United States. click to open |  | Chinese Premier Rongji Zhu, right, waves to the crowd with his wife, Madame Lao An, as they step out of their airplane after arriving at Denver International Airport Saturday, April 10, 1999, to take part in a day-long visit to Colorado. The Chinese premier's stop in Colorado was just one of many stops he is making during a whirlwind trip through the United States. click to open |
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