 | British Primer Minister Tony Blair and U.S. Persident George W. Bush holding joint press conference after their meeting in the White House on Nov 20th 2003. click to open  |
 | U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld escorts Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao (R) into the Pentagon prior to their scheduled meeting May 1, 2002 in Washington D.C.. Hu is scheduled to meet with U.S President George W. Bush later in the afternoon. click to open |
 | U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld escorts Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao (R) into the Pentagon prior to their scheduled meeting May 1, 2002. Hu is scheduled to meet with U.S President George W. Bush later in the afternoon in Washington D.C.. click to open |
 | U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, left, meets with Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao, second from right with glasses, the man expected to be China's next president in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, May 1, 2002. Candid discussions are likely on human rights, Taiwan and other troublesome issues. click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: Chinese Embassy Minister-Counselor Yu Shuning meets reporters at the embassy in Washington Monday Jan. 31, 2000 to discuss U.S.-China relations. The sign behind the minister-counselor means "Spring Festival" and relates to the Chinese New Year. click to open |
 | President and Mrs. Clinton watch parachutists descend during the opening ceremony of America's Millennium celebrations in Washington Thursday Dec. 31, 1999. Celebrating the dawn of a new century, the president asked Americans to "take just a little time to dream" about the future. click to open |
 | Christmas of 1999: The national Christmas Tree and the Washington Monument as seen at dusk from the south lawn of the White House Sunday, Dec. 12, 1999 in Washington, DC. click to open |
 | Christmas of 1999: The lighted Capitol Hill Christmas Tree stands on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999 in Washington. The tree is a 70-foot tall white spruce from the North Central Research Center station in Rhinelander, Wisc. (AP) click to open |
 | Christmas of 1999: President Clinton, along with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton show illustrations from 'The Night Before Christmas' to children gathered for a reading of the holiday classic in the East Room of the White House Monday. Listening are Tiara Rasheed, 5, of Washington, D.C., and Alex Dubin, 8, of Los Angeles, far right. (Reuters) click to open |
 | Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji speaks at a conference on development and the environment Friday, April 9, 1999, at the State Department in Washington. The key to erasing the large U.S. trade deficit with China could be exports of American technology to help China overcome its vast environmental problems, Rongji said. click to open |
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