 | Shoppers walk past a sculpture titled 'Agitating China with Dancing, Binding the World Together with Five Rings' by Chinese artist Haipeng Zhang as an entry to the '2008 Olympic Sculpture Design Contest' in Beijing June 29, 2006. click to open  |
 | An American singer from the Cincinnati Orchestra performs the United States National Anthem, followed by a Chinese National anthem next to an American and a Chinese flag in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Friday, Oct. 21, 2005. Ties between China and the United States have continued to grow despite trade disputes and differing view on Human rights. click to open |
 | Author Li Ao accepts gift from students after giving a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing September 23, 2005. click to open |
 | Author Li Ao accepts gift from students after giving a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing September 23, 2005. click to open |
 | Author Li Ao gives a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing September 23, 2005. click to open |
 | Author Li Ao (C) waves during his visit to the Fayuan Temple in Beijing September 21, 2005. Prolific and controversial Taiwan author Li riled China on Wednesday by giving millions of Internet surfers and television viewers a taste of the self-ruled island's freewheeling democracy. Li championed freedom of speech and took repeated swipes at the Communist Party in a no-holds-barred question-and-answer session at Peking University televised live by Hong Kong's Phoenix cable network which is seen by millions across China. click to open |
 | Prominent Taiwanese writer and historian Li Ao, 70, speaks at a news conference after he arrives at Capital International Airport in Beijing September 19, 2005. Li Ao is in Beijing to begin his mainland tour, his first trip in 56 years. The trip will then take the Taiwan scholar to Shanghai and Hong Kong before he returns to Taiwan on September 30, state media reported. click to open |
 | Prominent Taiwanese writer and historian Li Ao, 70, gestures at a news conference after he arrives at Capital International Airport in Beijing September 19, 2005. Li Ao is in Beijing to begin his mainland tour, his first trip in 56 years. The trip will then take the Taiwan scholar to Shanghai and Hong Kong before he returns to Taiwan on September 30, state media reported. click to open |
 | Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, with blue tie, watches a ballet dancing class in Beijing, China, Tuesday Sept. 6, 2005. The Prime Minister is in China for two days for the EU/China Summit meeting. click to open |
 | Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair watches a masterclass of ballet taken by Darcy Bussell, unseen, in Beijing, China, Tuesday Sept. 6, 2005, part of a cultural exchange programme between Britain and China. click to open |
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