John Negroponte Visits Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 7: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, center left, and China Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya, center right, watches a games during a commemorative table tennis match marking China's invitation to a U.S. table tennis team to visit in 1971, known as "ping-pong diplomacy", on January 7, 2009 in Beijing, China. John Negroponte met with his Chinese counterpart to commemorate 30 years of formal diplomatic ties between the two countries. (Photo by Andy Wong-pool/Getty Images)