As the Chinese flag flies over his head,...

Monrovia, LIBERIA: As the Chinese flag flies over his head, a Chinese worker paints the edge of the gutter outside the main football stadium of Liberia ' capital city in Monrovia 31 January 2007 as China is in charge to carry out renovation works after the civil war. Liberians got ready Wednesday for a visit to the war-battered country by China's head of state, President Hu Jintao with some wariness that his historic trip could unnerve their traditional ally, the United States. Charles Nimely, a social science lecturer at the University of Liberia, sees developing ties with China as positive for the country trying to lift itself from the ruins and commended it as a "very good political decision". AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)