US Pacific Forces Commander Meets Chinesse Defence Minister

BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 10: Chinese Defense Minister General Cao Gangchuan (R) takes the measure of an unidentified US military officer (L) as the commander of the U.S. Pacific forces, Adm. William Fallon (C) looks on during a meeting in at the Chinese Ministry of Defence on May 10, 2006 in Beijing, China. Military contacts had been broken off by Washington in 2001 after China held the crew of a U.S. Navy plane for 11 days after it collided in midair with a Chinese fighter jet. The sides have since exchanged visits of warships and defence officials, but there has been virtually no engagement between their militaries. (Photo by Ng Han Guan - PoolGetty Images)