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 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, center, walks through his hotel lobby before leaving for a tenth day of talks on the North Korean nuclear issue, in Beijing Thursday Aug. 4, 2005. China was struggling to persuade its ally North Korea to agree to a statement meant to lay the foundation for nuclear disarmament as the protracted round of negotiations entered their tenth day on Thursday. click to open  |  | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, right, speaks to journalists before leaving for a tenth day of talks on the North Korean nuclear issue, in Beijing Thursday Aug. 4, 2005. China was struggling to persuade its ally North Korea to agree to a statement meant to lay the foundation for nuclear disarmament as the protracted round of negotiations entered their tenth day on Thursday. click to open |  | A South Korean protester holds a sign at an anti-North Korea protest in Seoul August 3, 2005. China made a last-ditch effort in Beijing on Wednesday to rescue six-party talks on the Korean nuclear crisis, deadlocked after more than a week of wrangling over ways of ending Pyongyang's weapons programmes. click to open |  | A South Korean protester holds a sign at an anti-North Korea protest in Seoul August 3, 2005. China made a last-ditch effort in Beijing on Wednesday to rescue six-party talks on the Korean nuclear crisis, deadlocked after more than a week of wrangling over ways of ending Pyongyang's weapons programme. click to open |  | Kim Kye-gwan (C), North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister and head of the country's delegation to the six-party talks, speaks to reporters in front of the North Korean embassy in Beijing August 2, 2005. China made a last-ditch effort on Wednesday to save six-party talks on the Korean nuclear crisis, deadlocked after more than a week of wrangling over ways of ending Pyongyang's weapons programs. click to open |  | Kenichiro Sasae (R), director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau and top negotiator for the six-party talks, accompanied by his deputy Akitaka Saiki, speaks to journalists at a hotel in Beijing August 1, 2005. China proposed a fresh draft declaration on Monday at talks on curbing North Korea's nuclear ambitions after intense weekend discussions failed to agree a text setting out basic principles for resolving the crisis. click to open |  | U.S. envoy to the six-party talks, Chris Hill, gets into a car after arriving at the airport in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 24, 2005. As delegates from the six nations arrive in the Chinese capital ahead of renewed talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, North and South Korean delegations agreed at a meeting Sunday that solid progress needs to be made during the upcoming round of discussions. click to open |  | U.S. envoy to the six-party talks, Chris Hill, walks past a Chinese policeman as he walks out of the VIP lounge upon arriving at the airport in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 24, 2005. As delegates from the six nations arrive in the Chinese capital ahead of renewed talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, North and South Korean delegations agreed at a meeting Sunday that solid progress needs to be made during the upcoming round of discussions. click to open |  | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill talks to the media after arriving in Beijing July 24, 2005. Hill arrived in Beijing ahead of talks involving North Korea, South Korea, China, Russia and Japan starting on Tuesday. click to open |  | The photo taken on Sunday July 24, 2005, shows the meeting place of the fourth round of six-party talks on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China. The six-party talks is scheduled to begin here on July 26, 2005. click to open |
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