BEIJING - OCTOBER 24: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) and Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso (3rd L) look on during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on October 24, 2008 in Beijing, China. Representatives from many Asian and European countries have gathered in Beijing this week for the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (AESM) which starts today. The 45 leaders of the AESM partners are expected to discuss the global economic downturn, climate change and international security. Getty Images logo Getty Images 13 months ago

BEIJING - OCTOBER 24: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) and Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso (3rd L) look on during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on October 24, 2008 in Beijing, China. Representatives from many Asian and European countries have gathered in Beijing this week for the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (AESM) which starts today. The 45 leaders of the AESM partners are expected to discuss the global economic downturn, climate change and international security.

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  3. In this photo taken by Korean Central News Agency and released via Korea News Service Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, Chinese Premier Premier Wen Jiabao, center left, explains gifts given by him to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center right at Paekhwawon State Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
  4. In this photo taken by Korean Central News Agency and released via Korea News Service Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, Chinese Premier Premier Wen Jiabao, center right, has light moment with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center left, at Paekhwawon State Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
  5. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) presents gifts to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd R) during their meeting in Pyongyang October 5, 2009, in this picture released October 6, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. North Korea on Tuesday signalled it could return to nuclear disarmament talks it had declared dead six months ago, but a report it was near restoring its atomic plant underlined the secretive state would keep the stakes high.
  6. In this photo released on Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 by the (North) Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, has a light moment with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, as they watch propaganda spectacles known as "mass games" at a stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
  7. China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L) talks with North Korea's nominal No.2 leader and technical head of state Kim Yong-nam during their meeting at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang October 5, 2009, in this picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA October 6, 2009.
  8. China's Premier Wen Jiabao (C) waves beside North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (R) as they watch performances during the closing ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the North Korea-China amity treaty in Pyongyang October 5, 2009, in this picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA October 6, 2009.
  9. Former Japanese finance minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R) shakes hands with former prime minister and Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ex-leader Taro Aso (L) after Tanigaki was elected as the new LDP party leader in Tokyo on September 28, 2009. Tanigaki replaces Aso, who stepped down as LDP president and prime minister after an August 30 election rout.
  10. Former Japanese finance minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R) shakes hands with former prime minister and Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ex-leader Taro Aso (L) after Tanigaki was elected as the new LDP party leader in Tokyo on September 28, 2009. Tanigaki replaces Aso, who stepped down as LDP president and prime minister after an August 30 election rout.
  11. Prime Minister Taro Aso, center, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, accompanied by senior party leaders, Takashi Sasakawa, left, and Hiroyuki Hosoda, bows as he arrives to speak to the media while observing the result of the parliamentary elections ballot counting at the party headquarters in Tokyo Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. Aso conceded defeat in elections Sunday as media exit polls indicated the opposition had won by a landslide, sending the conservatives out of power after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule amid widespread economic anxiety and desire for change.
  12. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, right, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a TV interview while observing the result of parliamentary elections ballot counting at the party headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Aug. 30, 209. Aso conceded defeat in elections Sunday as media exit polls indicated the opposition had won by a landslide, sending the conservatives out of power after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule amid widespread economic anxiety and desire for change.
  13. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, left, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, chats with the party's Secretary-General Hiroyuki Hosoda during a TV interview on the ballot counting result for the parliamentary elections at the party headquarters in Tokyo Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. Aso conceded defeat in elections Sunday as media exit polls indicated the opposition had won by a landslide, sending the conservatives out of power after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule amid widespread economic anxiety and desire for change.
  14. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, right, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, listens to a TV interview while observing the result of parliamentary elections ballot counting at the party headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Aug. 30, 209. Aso conceded defeat in elections Sunday as media exit polls indicated the opposition had won by a landslide, sending the conservatives out of power after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule amid widespread economic anxiety and desire for change.
  15. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, right, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves after speaking to the media while observing the result of parliamentary elections ballot counting at the party headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Aug. 30, 209. Aso conceded defeat in elections Sunday as media exit polls indicated the opposition had won by a landslide, sending the conservatives out of power after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule amid widespread economic anxiety and desire for change. At left is the party's Secretary-General Hiroyuki Hosoda.
  16. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, center, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, readies to take a seat for a nationwide TV press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. Aso conceded defeat in elections Sunday as media exit polls indicated the opposition had won by a landslide, sending the conservatives out of power after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule amid widespread economic anxiety and desire for change. Watching him are Takashi Sasagawa, left, and Hiroyuki Hosoda, both the top party officials.

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