Published Date:
31 January 2005
CHINA’S top negotiator with Taiwan is to send senior envoys to his counterpart’s funeral in Taipei, the state news agency Xinhua said yesterday - a day after the launch of the first non-stop flights between the two nations in 55 years.
The visit will be the first since the late 1990s by high-level Chinese officials to the self-ruled island that China regards as a renegade province. Ties between China and Taiwan have deteriorated since the pro-independence Chen Shui-bian was elected Taiwan’s president in 2000.
The full article contains 112 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
30 January 2005 10:07 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
Taiwan
