China, ROK agree to upgrade bilateral ties to "strategic partnership" _English

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R, front) shakes hands with a representative (2nd L) of Republic of Korea (ROK) volunteers while he and ROK President Lee Myung-bak meet with Kim Young-suk (1st L), director of the rescue team from ROK that had carried out rescue operations in quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, and representatives of ROK volunteers in Beijing, May 27, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R, front) shakes hands with a representative (2nd L) of Republic of Korea (ROK) volunteers while he and ROK President Lee Myung-bak meet with Kim Young-suk (1st L), director of the rescue team from ROK that had carried out rescue operations in quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, and representatives of ROK volunteers in Beijing, May 27, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R, front) and Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak (3rd, L) meet with Kim Young-suk (2nd, L), director of the rescue team from ROK that had carried out rescue operations in quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, and a representative of ROK volunteers (1st, L) in Beijing, capital of China, on May 27, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R, front) and Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak (3rd, L) meet with Kim Young-suk (2nd, L), director of the rescue team from ROK that had carried out rescue operations in quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, and a representative of ROK volunteers (1st, L) in Beijing, capital of China, on May 27, 2008.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>