Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R) laughs as he celebrates by breaking apart a large fortune cookie given to him by Rep. Jim Kolbe (L) after the House passed Permanent Normal Trade Relation status for China, May25. The House passed the trade measure by a vote of 237-197. (Reuters)
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A Chinese man reads attentatively a local newspaper article on PNTR in Beijing.
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