US TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON TALKS WITH CHINESE OFFICIAL IN BEIJING

Visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson talks with Ma Kai, minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, at a state guest in Beijing, China on August 1, 2007. Paulson voiced his opposition to a bill that would enable Washington to punish China for its weak currency ahead of a meeting with China's President Hu Jintao. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)