Taiwanese envoys arrive in China
June 11, 2008 BBC News
With the election of Ma Ying-jeou in Taiwan earlier this year, the prospect of bilateral ties to China has become very real, very quickly – though diplomatic ties have not existed between the two since 1999. As we noted last month, the talks between China and Taiwan beginning today are primarily economic in nature, concerning direct airline travel between Taiwan and the mainland as a mutual economic boon. However, around this basic common interest, the Chinese and Taiwanese leaders are constructing a relationship based on “rationality, equal footing and dignity,” according to Taiwanese emissary Chiang Pin-kung. Find out more about how this week’s talks may improve cross-strait relations “after decades of tensions and mistrust.”
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