US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) shakes hands with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo prior their meeting in Beijing on June 30, 2008. Rice met with China's top leaders in Beijing as part of a visit expected to focus on pushing forward six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programme. Rice, who arrived in the capital on June 29 after a short trip to quake-hit Sichuan province, passed on US President George W. Bush's "wishes for the full and complete recovery of the (quake-hit) area" to Chinese President Hu Jintao. AFP PHOTO / Oded Balilty / POOL