A Chinese policeman stands guard in front of the American and Chinese flags hanging from a lamppost in Tiananmen Square before U.S. President Bill Clinton attends an official welcoming ceremony at the side of the square June 27. Clinton is the first U.S. president to come to China since George Bush in 1989, months before the Tiananmen Square massacre soured Sino-U.S. relations.

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