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**FILE** President Obama welcomes Chinese President Hu Jintao as he arrives for a Group of 20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh in September 2009. (Associated Press)

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Anti-Japan protesters march in Wuhan, China, on Oct. 18. Beijing-Tokyo relations soured over the detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain accused of ramming two Japanese patrol boats in September near a string of islands in the East China Sea claimed by both countries. (Associated Press)

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Chinese technicians man drilling equipment on an oil rig in Paloich. China's interest here is high. Six government officials from the south's oil producing region flew to China earlier in the fall, and analysts say China is trying to improve ties with the south and maintain them with the north. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A Chinese petitioner wears a hat with the words "Officials Corrupt, Changed Judiciary" in Beijing on May 4, 2009. China plans to crack down in the coming year on lavish parties and seminars organized by government officials, hoping to placate a public angered by corruption and accounts of sex and booze-fueled fetes held at taxpayer expense. (Associated Press)

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Zhang Yimou speaks during a press conference to promote his new movie in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. Zhang Yimou says Christian Bale will star in the Chinese filmmaker's latest project about 13 young prostitutes struggling to survive during the attack by Japanese soldiers on Nanjing in 1937.(AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

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Assistant Defense Secretary Wallace "Chip" Gregson says A2/AD is the term for China's special missiles and high-tech weapons.

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A man shows the first Confucius Peace Prize awarded to former Taiwanese Vice President Lien Chan during a press conference in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. A Chinese group awarded its own version of a peace prize Thursday, a move apparently intended to counter the Nobel committee's decision to honor imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, at a news conference Wednesday in Seoul with his South Korean counterpart, Gen. Han Min-koo, says China appears "unwilling" to pressure the North. (Associated Press)

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Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, center, prior to his meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. The Chinese Prime Minister will be taking part in the International Tiger Forum. Demand in China poses the greatest threat to tigers in the wild and organized crime runs the illicit trade in the world's largest felines, international experts said. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth reacts to reporter's questions at a hotel in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Bosworth's Asian trip which includes South Korea and Japan, comes after North Korea disclosed to a visiting American nuclear scientist a highly sophisticated, modern enrichment operation that had what the North says are 2,000 completed centrifuges. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

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Rescuers escort a trapped miner wrapped in white quilt on their way out from the flooded Batian Coal Mine in Xiaohe town of Weiyuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Emergency crews drained the flooded Chinese coal mine and rescued all 29 trapped workers Monday, ending a daylong rescue drama. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)

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In this Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 photo, rescuers get ready to enter the flooded Batian coal mine for their rescue mission in Xiaohe town of Weiyuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province. Rescuers were racing Monday to reach 28 people trapped while doing safety work in coal mine in southern China, the latest accident in the world's deadliest mines. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)

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In this Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 photo, rescuers get ready to enter the flooded Batian coal mine in Xiaohe town of Weiyuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province. Rescuers were racing Monday to reach 28 people trapped while doing safety work in coal mine in southern China, the latest accident in the world's deadliest mines. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)

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In this Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 photo, relatives and workers waits for the news of the flooded Batian coal mine in Xiaohe town of Weiyuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province. Rescuers were racing Monday to reach 28 people trapped while doing safety work in coal mine in southern China, the latest accident in the world's deadliest mines. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)

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In this Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 photo, rescuers get ready to enter the flooded Batian Coal Mine in Xiaohe town of Weiyuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province. Rescuers were racing Monday to reach 28 people trapped while doing safety work in coal mine in southern China, the latest accident in the world's deadliest mines. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)

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Rescuers put a trapped miner on a stretcher after rescue out from the flooded Batian Coal Mine in Xiaohe town of Weiyuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Emergency crews drained the flooded Chinese coal mine and rescued all 29 trapped workers Monday, ending a daylong rescue drama. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)

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Rescuers and police officers carries a trapped miner on a stretcher out from the flooded Batian Coal Mine in Xiaohe town of Weiyuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Emergency crews drained the flooded Chinese coal mine and rescued all 29 trapped workers Monday, ending a daylong rescue drama. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)