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China defense budget to grow 11.2% in 2012

BEIJING, China - Li Zhaoxing, spokesman for the National People's Congress, China's parliament, is surrounded by reporters at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 4, 2012, after giving a news conference. China said the same day it plans to increase its defense spending by 11.2 percent in 2012 from a year earlier to 670.27 billion yuan, or $106.39 billion.

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China defense budget

BEIJING, China - Li Zhaoxing, a spokesman for the National People's Congress of China, speaks at a press conference in Beijing on March 4, 2011. He said China plans to increase its military spending by 12.7 percent in 2011 from the previous year.

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China's defense budget to rise 7.5% in 2010

BEIJING, China - Li Zhaoxing, a spokesman for the annual session of the National People's Congress, speaks during a news conference in Beijing on March 4, 2010. China said it plans to increase military spending this year by 7.5 percent to 532.1 billion yuan ($77.94 billion), marking the first time in 22 years that the margin of growth in the defense budget will have fallen below double digits.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Li leaves post, Yang takes over

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing left his post on April 27 and is being succeeded by former ambassador to the United States Yang Jiechi (in file photo) as part of a Cabinet shakeup that also included three other ministerial changes.

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Aso, Li agree to expedite gas field development

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (R) and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing shake hands in New Delhi on April 3 prior to their talks on the sidelines of a two-day multilateral summit of eight South Asian countries.

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Chinese foreign minister criticizes Abe over comfort woman remarks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (C), speaking at a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 6, criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent remarks disputing that the Imperial Japanese Army forced foreign women into sexual slavery during World War II.

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China hoping to resume talks with Japan on gas field development

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 16 prior to their talks.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Li talks with Japanese counterpart Aso

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 16 prior to their talks. (Pool photo)

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China hoping to resume talks with Japan on gas field development

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (L) talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 16.

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China vows to help Japan resolve abduction issue

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (L) talks with Yohei Kono (R), speaker of the House of Representatives, in Tokyo on Feb. 15.

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U.S., N. Korea meet over sanctions on 3rd day of nuke talks

BEIJING, China - China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (C) is flanked by Kim Kye Gwan (L), North Korea's chief negotiator for the six-party talks and U.S. chief negotiator Christopher Hill during a meeting at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Dec. 20. (Pool photo)

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U.S., N. Korea meet over sanctions on 3rd day of nuke talks

BEIJING, China - Chief negotiators at the six-party talks -- Kenichiro Sasae of Japan (L), Sergey Razov of Russia (2nd from L), Kim Kye Gwan of North Korea (3rd from L), Christopher Hill of the United States (3rd from R), Chung Yung Woo of South Korea (2nd from R)and Wu Dawei of China (R)-- join hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (C) at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Dec. 20. (Pool photo)

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U.S. diplomat says morning meeting good, talks with Chinese continue

BEIJING, China - Nicholas Burns (far left), U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, is in talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing at Diaoyutai State Guethouse in Beijing on Nov. 8. ''We've had an excellent day,'' Burns told reporters later. (Pool photo)

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China tells U.S. will honor U.N. resolution on N. Korea

BEIJING, China - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing hold a joint press conference after their talks at Diaoyutai Guesthouse in Beijing on Oct. 20. Li said China will fulfill its obligations under the U.N. Security Council resolution against North Korea's nuclear test, which paves the way for sanctions against the country.

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China tells U.S. will honor U.N. resolution on N. Korea

BEIJING, China - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks at a press conference after her talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing at Diaoyutai Guesthouse in Beijing on Oct. 20.

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China to fulfill obligations in U.N. resolution on N. Korea

BEIJING, China - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (L) at the Diaoyutai Guesthouse in Beijing Oct. 20.

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China to fulfill obligations in U.N. resolution on N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (L) and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shake hands at the Diaoyutai Guesthouse in Beijing on Oct. 20 before their talks.

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China's Li eyes cooperation with Japan over N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Yotaro Kobayashi (L), chief corporate adviser at Japan'S Fuji Xerox Co., talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing at the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Oct. 18. Kobayashi heads a group of Japanese businessmen and academics. (Pool photo)

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China lashes out at Koizumi's shrine visit

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) summons Japanese Ambassador to China Yuji Miyamoto (L) to his ministry and lodges a protest over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15.

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Aso eager to meet Chinese foreign minister

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso speaks at a hotel in Fukuoka on July 31. Aso reiterated he is keen to meet again with his Chinese counterpart, Li Zhaoxing, sometime soon, after the two ministers held talks last week on the sidelines of a regional ministerial conference in Kuala Lumpur.

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N. Korean, Chinese foreign ministers meet in Kuala Lumpur

KUARA LUMPUR, Malaysia - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing hold talks in Kuala Lumpur on July 28.

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Japan, China hold talks in Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing is in talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso in Kuala Lumpur on July 27.

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Japan, China hold talks in Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (R, front) and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (L, front) hold talks in Kuala Lumpur on July 27.

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Japan, China hold talks in Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso is in talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing in Kuala Lumpur on July 27.

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Japan, China hold talks in Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) shake hands prior to their talks at a Kuala Lumpur hotel on July 27.

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ASEAN plus Three Meeting in Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon (L), Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (2nd from L), Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar (2nd from R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso join hands for a photo prior to the ASEAN plus Three Foreign Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on July 26.

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Hill holds talks with China's Li

BEIJING, China - Chief U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill (L) holds talks on North Korea's missile launch with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) in Beijing on July 7. (Pool photo)

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Hamas advised by China to renounce violence, minister says

BEIJING, China - Mahmoud Zahar, foreign minister of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Beijing on June 1. Zahar said he was advised by his Chinese counterpart Li Zhaoxing to renounce violence and recognize Israel, but replied only that the decision was up to the Palestinian people.

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Japan, China apart over shrine visits, eye frequent gas talks

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso speaks to reporters at a hotel in Doha on May 23 after his talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing.

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Japan, China apart over shrine visits, eye frequent gas talks

DOHA, Qatar - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso shake hands at a hotel in Qatar on May 23 prior to their talks. The two foreign ministers are in Qatar to attend the two-day Asia Cooperation Dialogue.

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Japan, China apart over shrine visits, eye frequent gas talks

DOHA, Qatar - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (R) are ready to sit for their talks at a hotel in Qatar on May 23.

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Putin arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China -Russian President Vladimir Putin waves at people on arrival at the Beijing International Airport on March 21. At right is Chinese Premier Li Zhaoxing.

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China says shrine visits top cause of strained ties with Japan

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing speaks at a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 7. Li said that continued visits by Japanese leaders to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine were the top cause for Japan's strained political ties with China.

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China says shrine visits top cause of strained ties with Japan

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing speaks at a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 7. Li said that continued visits by Japanese leaders to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine were the top cause for

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Zoellick hold talks with Chinese leaders

BEIJING, China - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing are in talks at the Diaoyutai government guest house in Beijing on Jan. 24.

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China slams Aso's remarks, opposes bilateral meeting

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang called remarks by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso on China posing a threat ''highly irresponsible'' and questioned his intentions during a press briefing in Beijing on Dec. 22. He said that now is the wrong time for a meeting between Aso and his Chinese counterpart Li Zhaoxing.

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China's Li and S. Korea's Ban meet in S. Korea

BUSAN, South Korea - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (L) shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon before their talks Nov. 15 in Busan, South Korea, on the sidelines of a meeting of foreign and trade ministers of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

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EU leaders meet with Chinese President Hu

BEIJING, China - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) and British Prime Minister Tony Blair (2nd from L) meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd from R) and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 5.

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Zoellick meets with Chinese foreign minister

BEIJING, China - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing pose for photos prior to their meeting in Beijing on Aug. 2. (Pool photo)

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Delegates to 6-way talks attend dinner, diplomacy continues

BEIJING, China - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill (R) and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan attend a dinner hosted by Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on July 25. Delegates to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions met at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse for the event amid a flurry of diplomacy to prepare for the start of the multilateral negotiations Tuesday. (Pool photo)

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Rice in Beijing for talks with Chinese leaders

BEIJING, China - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing in Beijing on July 10. (Pool photo)

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Yachi talks with China's Foreign Minister Li in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L) talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 14.

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(2)Japan, China foreign ministers hold talks

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura fields questions from reporters after talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing at a Kyoto hotel on May 7. (Pool photo)

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(4)Japan, China foreign ministers hold talks

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura shake hands at the outset of their talks at a Kyoto hotel on May 7. (Pool photo)

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(3)Japan, China foreign ministers hold talks

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing responds to questions from reporters after talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura at a Kyoto hotel on May 7.

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(1)Japan, China foreign ministers hold talks

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (R) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing prior to their talks at a Kyoto hotel on May 7. (Pool photo)

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(1)Foreign ministers from China, Japan, S. Korea meet in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - (From L to R) South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura pose for photos prior to their talks in Kyoto on May 7.

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Koizumi welcomes sign of China seeking rapprochement

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks with reporters at his office on April 20. The premier indicated he welcomes Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing's instruction to curb unauthorized anti-Japan rallies as a sign that China has begun to seek to mend fences. ''There was a clear tone (in Li's instruction) that the 2,000-year-long history of friendship between Japan and China should be treasured... We can share that idea,'' Koizumi said.

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Machimura calls China's refusal to apologize 'unfortunate'

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on April 17 after holding talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing.

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(3)Machimura, Li hold talks amid anti-Japan protests in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) holds talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura in Beijing on April 17 amid anti-Japan protests in China.