Speaker Pelosi attends energy forum in Beijing

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R) is applauded by former Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhao Xing after giving the keynote speech at a US-China Clean Energy Forum in Beijing on May 26, 2009. Pelosi, long a fierce critic of Beijing, is visiting the capital to focus on environmental issues rather than human rights, though her presence emboldened protesters. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)