1.   She also spent nine months working for the Sino-British Trade Council organising and accompanying Chinese commercial delegations visiting the UK.

2.   And a Chinese delegation visiting the National Cotton Council in Memphis, Tennessee, last week expressed concern about access to supplies of cotton.

3.   Beijing immediately curtailed the visit of a visiting Chinese military delegation, and has underlined its disapproval by canceling a number of other trips.

4.   A Chinese delegation was expected to fly to Irkutsk to aid in identifying the bodies.

5.   A Chinese delegation just showed up on our doorstep when I asked them not to.

6.   But Foreign Ministry spokesman Shen Guofang said he could see no circumstances at present that would prevent the Chinese delegation from attending.

7.   Clinton administration officials traveling with the secretary of state, speaking on condition of anonymity, said she had protested forcefully to the Chinese delegation led here by Tang.

8.   Earlier, the Chinese delegation had complained about the quality of food in the village dining hall.

9.   In all, this has not been a happy Olympics for the Chinese delegation.

10.   In return, the Chinese delegation dutifully inked letters of intent in areas ranging from trains and cars to agriculture and infrastructure.