Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), talks with former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto in Beijing, May 11, 2004. Hashimoto is attending a symposium on International Counter-Terrorism Situation and Cooperation that opened here Tuesday.

Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), talks with former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto in Beijing, May 11, 2004. Hashimoto is attending a symposium on International Counter-Terrorism Situation and Cooperation that opened here Tuesday.