Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng (R) looks at a gift present by Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chu during a meeting in Shanghai May 23, 2009. Chen Chu, from Taiwan's anti-China opposition party, took a political risk on May 21 by flying to Beijing to sell her hometown's World Games, an alternative to the Olympics that has seen disappointing ticket sales. She is also visiting China's capital and business hub Shanghai until Sunday to cheerlead for the games despite mixed reviews at home. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng (R) looks at a gift present by Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chu during a meeting in Shanghai May 23, 2009. Chen Chu, from Taiwan's anti-China opposition party, took a political risk on May 21 by flying to Beijing to sell her hometown's World Games, an alternative to the Olympics that has seen disappointing ticket sales. She is also visiting China's capital and business hub Shanghai until Sunday to cheerlead for the games despite mixed reviews at home.

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  1. US President Barack Obama (L) and Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng (2nd L) make their way to a lunch on November 16, 2009 at the Xijiao State Guest House in Shanghai. Obama was set to hold a campaign-style town-hall meeting with students in Shanghai later in the day, before heading to Beijing for talks with President Hu Jintao on tough issues like trade, global crises including Iran and climate change.
  2. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) makes her way to lunch with US President Barack Obama, Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng and Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng (all not pictured) following a bilateral meeting on November 16, 2009 at the Xijiao State Guest House in Shanghai. Obama was set to hold a campaign-style town-hall meeting with students in Shanghai later in the day, before heading to Beijing for talks with President Hu Jintao on tough issues like trade, global crises including Iran and climate change.
  3. U.S. President Barack Obama, left, walks with Mayor of Shanghai Han Zheng, right, at Xijiao State Guest House in Shanghai, China, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.
  4. U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) walks with Mayor of Shanghai Han Zheng (3rd L) at the Xijiao State Guest House in Shanghai November 16, 2009. Obama faces tensions with China over trade and Tibet on his first visit to the emerging superpower for a summit that will grapple with economic imbalances and the future of the yuan currency.
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  7. IOC President Jacques Rogge, left, and Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, right, applaud during the singles final match between Rafael Nadal of Spain and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia of Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament at Qizhong Stadium Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 in Shanghai, China.
  8. Mayor Chen Chu told the INTA annual meeting that she expected to share Kaohsiung City's experience of innovative governing with other subtropical cities.
  9. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu attends a screening of a documentary film about exiled Uighur Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer in southern Kaohsiung on September 23, 2009. Kadeer has accepted an invitation to visit Taiwan, supporters said in a development handing the island's China-friendly government a political dilemma. The Kadeer film and a recent visit by exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama to Taiwan have strained cross-strait ties, which have otherwise improved markedly since President Ma Ying-jeou came to power here in 2008.

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