CHINA'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPOKESMAN GIVES PRESSER IN BEIJING

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Qin Gang holds a press conference addressing the North Korean nuclear crisis in Beijing on March 15, 2007. China said today it opposed U.S. sanctions on a Macau-based bank accused of money laundering for North Korea. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

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