Close But Yet So Far

U.S. President Barack Obama (right in the left picture) suggests a seat Thursday before a meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at U.N. headquarters where the 65th U.N. General Assembly is being held. The picture on the right is a summit between Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (left in the right picture) the same day. In the run-up to the U.N. General Assembly, China and Japan had a heated row over the Senkaku Islands, and Washington and Beijing debated trade and currency matters.