Vice-President Xi Jinping speaks next to US Vice President Joe Biden during talks at a hotel in Beijing August 19, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

(L-R) China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Chairman Wan Jifei, US Vice-President Joe Biden, Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping and US ambassador to China Gary Locke meets with business leaders at a China-US Business Dialogue in the Beijing Hotel in Beijing August 19, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]