Angolan President Dos Santos and his Chinese counterpart President Hu attend welcoming ceremony in Beijing
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos (R) is escorted past a military honor guard by Chinese President Hu Jintao during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 17, 2008. Dos Santos arrived in Beijing Tuesday on a trip to drum up funds for his oil rich African state. Angola is now China's largest supplier of crude oil. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)
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