 | China's President Hu Jintao (R) stands with U.S. President George W. Bush, who puts his hand to his heart as the Star Spangled Banner is played, during a welcoming ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 20, 2005. click to open  |
 | China's President Hu Jintao (R) stands with U.S. President George W. Bush, who puts his hand to his heart as the Star Spangled Banner is played, during a welcoming ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 20, 2005. click to open |
 | U.S. President George W. Bush (C) applauds a cultural performance with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and their wives (not pictured) during a social dinner in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 20, 2005. Bush is in China on a two-day visit. click to open |
 | Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) met with his US counterpart George W. Bush (L) during a meeting Nov 20 2005 click to open |
 | Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) met with his US counterpart George W. Bush (L) during a meeting Nov 20 2005 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 |
 | World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz (L) shakes hands with Chinese president Hu Jintao during a G-20 meeting on October 15. Wolfowitz said China must develop its civil society and rule of law if it wants to continue its current impressive economic growth. click to open |
 | US Secretary of the Treasury John Snow puts on earphones ahead of a conference of the 7th G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Xianghe, Hebei province, China, October 15, 2005. Top US and Chinese economic leaders have launched annual talks in Beijing with Washington agitating for sweeping changes to China's heavily controlled economy and financial markets. click to open |
 | The United States should encourage China to move toward a freer system, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in Los Angeles on Aug 4th 2005, warning of inevitable tensions between its repressive political system and the demands of a modern economy. click to open |
 | US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick (L) meets Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing in Beijing, 02 August 2005. China's nuclear weapons arsenal is coming under increasing American scrutiny after an influential general in Beijing warned of a nuclear strike on the United States if China is attacked over Taiwan. click to open |
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