Arnold Schwarzenegger, the millionaire movie star and governor of the US state of California, poses with Chinese athlete Yang Yan at a torch relay ceremony for the Special Olympics.

Schwarzenegger arrived in Beijing yesterday to start a six-day mission to promote California products. His schedule in China includes an event to promote trade at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the premiere of the latest Harry Potter movie in Shanghai and a celebration of "California Grown" food products in Hong Kong. California is the major gateway for US trade to China.

(China.org.cn, China Daily November 15, 2005)