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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd L) talks with Wu Bangguo (2nd R), head of China's legislature at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 3, 2012. Merkel is in China for a three-day trip aimed at boosting her hosts' confidence in Europe, where the sovereign debt crisis...

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Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) listens to Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC), during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing February 9, 2012.

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper talks with Wu Bangguo, not pictured, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, listens to Wu Bangguo, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

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Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) meets with China's National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing February 9, 2012. China and Canada on Wednesday signed a series of deals to boost modest levels of bilateral trade and finished...

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, meets with China's National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Friday Feb. 3, 2012 in Beijing, China. China's main ruling party newspaper criticized sanctions on Iran as Merkel met Friday with...

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BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 03: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd L) speaks with NPC Chairman Wu Bangguo (2nd R) during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People on February 3, 2012 in Beijing, China. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay an official visit to China from February 2...

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BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 03: German Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hands with NPC Chairman Wu Bangguo at the Great Hall of the People on February 3, 2012 in Beijing, China. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay an official visit to China from February 2 to 3.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) shakes hands with China's National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing February 3, 2012.

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BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 26: Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attends a meeting with China's National People's Congress Chairman, Wu Bangguo at the Great Hall of the People on December 26, 2011 in Beijing, China. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda held talks with China's leaders...

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Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) attends a meeting with China's National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 26, 2011. Noda held talks with China's leaders during a visit to Beijing dominated by concerns over...

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The head of China's legislature Wu Bangguo (R) and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hold talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing October 12, 2011.

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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 12: Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) and Head of China's legislature Wu Bangguo shake hands at the Great Hall of the People on October 12, 2011 in Beijing, China. Putin, accompanied by a large delegation is in China to meet with his counterpart Wen...

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Head of China's legislature Wu Bangguo, right, talks with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (R) shakes hands with China's National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman, Wu Bangguo (L), as they meet somewhere in an undisclosed location outside Moscow, on September 16, 2011.

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 18: U.S.Vice President Joe Biden (L) shakes hands with NPC Chairman Wu Bangguo (R) inside the Great Hall of the People on August 18, 2011 in Beijing, China. Biden will visit China, Mongolia and Japan from August 17-25.

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U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, right, looks at U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, left, and Chinese National Peoples Congress Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo, center, shaking hands during their meeting at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China on Thursday Aug. 18, 2011.

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 18: US Vice President Joe Biden (L) is greeted by Chinese National Peoples Congress Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo ahead of their meeting at the Great Hall of People on August 18, 2011 in Beijing, China. Biden will visit China, Mongolia and Japan from...

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Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of China's National People's Congress, shakes hands with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing August 15, 2011.

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 15: Chinese National Peoples Congress Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo (L) meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (L) at the Great Hall of the People meet on August 15, 2011 in Beijing, China. The leaders met to discuss China's commitment to...

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Security guards stand at the entrance to a meeting between Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and China's Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 26, 2011. Noda held talks with China's...

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Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attends a meeting with China's National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 26, 2011. Noda told his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on Sunday their two nations share an interest in...

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Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, smiles as he stands in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in this February 22, 2011 file photo. The prospect of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin's passing would add a breeze of uncertainty to a...

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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) is grabbed by Parliamentary leader Wu Bangguo (2nd-R) after his speech inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing as part of celebrations for the Chinese Communist Party's 90th anniversary on July 1, 2011. Hu warned the ruling Communist Party faced...

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China's Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo, right, greets Mongolian Prime Minister Batbold Sukhbaatar during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Sukhbaatar is on an official visit to China.