Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni Sarkozy, Hu Jintao, Liu Yongqing

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, French First Lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy, second from left, Chinese President Hu Jintao, second from right, and his wife Liu Yongqing, right, pose prior a dinner at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Thursday Nov. 4, 2010. The three-day state visit by Hu Jintao marks a dramatic turnaround from the tense ties of two years ago, when Sarkozy threatened to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics out of anger about China’s treatment of Tibet. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)