A worker works in front of containers at a port in Shanghai. China recorded a $1.7 billion trade surplus in April, state media said this week. Shanghai overtook Singapore as the world's busiest container port in 2010, helped by continuing growth in Chinese trade and the business generated by the World Expo it hosted last year, the city government said on January 8, 2011. – Photo by Reuters.

China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang (C) looks on after arriving at Edinburgh airport on January 9, 2011 on the first day of a four-day visit to the United Kingdom. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang kicked off a business-focused state visit to Britain with the sealing of a renewable energy deal between Scottish and Chinese companies. – Photo by AFP.

China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L) listens to Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond in Bute House in Edinburgh on January 9, 2011, the first day of a four-day visit to the United Kingdom. – Photo by AFP.

China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L) laughs as he raises a glass of whisky to Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond before attending a state dinner at Edinburgh castle. – Photo by AFP.

A man walks past a Volkswagen on a boulevard in downtown Shanghai January 10, 2011. Chinese auto sales have hit an all-time record, securing China's position as the world's top market. But sales may turn south, especially in the first few months of this year, after Beijing scrapped policy incentives for small cars as well as handouts for mini vehicles. – Photo by AFP.

A man walks past the various trademarks of the car makers at a car market in Beijing on January 10, 2011. Auto sales in China, the world's top car market, rose more than 32 per cent in 2010 to 18.06 million units, Dow Jones Newswires quoted the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers as saying. China overtook the United States in 2009 to become the world's largest car market. GM, Ford and Volkswagen all posted record sales in the country last year. – Photo by AFP.

Chinese motorists stuck in traffic can now hire someone to sit in jams for them, with entrepreneurs finding a business opportunity in the growing gridlock across the car-crazy country. As wider car ownership leaves roads more congested in the country of 1.3 billion, motorists can now escape by calling a substitute driver to take their cars to their destinations, China Daily reported on January 8, 2011. – Photo by AFP.

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) shakes hands with China's Minister of National Defense General Liang Guanglie (R) after answering questions at a joint news conference at Bayi Building in Beijing on January 10, 2011. Gates launched a series of meetings with top Chinese generals, January 10 in a bid to shore up rocky military ties with Beijing, amid US concern over China's advanced weaponry. – Photo by AFP.

China's Minister of National Defense General Liang Guanglie (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L). – Photo by AFP.

China's Minister of National Defense General Liang Guanglie answers questions at a joint news conference with US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at Bayi Building in Beijing on January 10, 2011. – Photo by AFP.