Visiting US President Barack Obama (C) walks beside Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) during a review of the honour guard welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 17, 2009. Obama was set to attack the formal business of his visit to China, sitting down with his opposite number Hu Jintao for talks centred on trade tensions and US calls for a stronger yuan. 
Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) escorts US President Barack Obama past an honour guard at a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People prior to meetings in Beijing on November 17, 2009. Obama was set to attack the formal business of his visit to China, sitting down with his opposite number Hu Jintao for talks centred on trade tensions and US calls for a stronger yuan.
Chinese President Hu Jintao (centre R) stands alongside US President Barack Obama (centre L) during the US National Anthem at a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People prior to meetings in Beijing on November 17, 2009. Obama was set to attack the formal business of his visit to China, sitting down with his opposite number Hu Jintao for talks centred on trade tensions and US calls for a stronger yuan.
U.S. President Barack Obama review the honor guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.
Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd L) escorts US President Barack Obama (R) past an honour guard at a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People prior to meetings in Beijing on November 17, 2009. Obama was set to attack the formal business of his visit to China, sitting down with his opposite number Hu Jintao for talks centred on trade tensions and US calls for a stronger yuan.
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