US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) meets with Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong (not pictured) during the People-to-People Inaugural meeting at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on May 25, 2010. The United States and China were wrapping up strategic talks aimed at smoothing out differences on currency and trade issues, as Washington presses Beijing to get tough on North Korea. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB