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Taiwan's top China negotiator has declared a new beginning in ties between the two rivals, following a three-year freeze.
Arriving in Beijing on Friday after talks in the commercial capital of Shanghai, Koo Chen- fu said lack of trust was still one of the most important problems between Taiwan and China.
But Koo welcomed the deal he and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, have struck to work towards repairing negotiations broken off by China three years ago.
A warm welcome awaited Koo Chen-fu's arrival in Beijing on Friday.
Representatives of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) were on hand to greet the Taiwanese envoy.
Taiwan's top negotiator Koo Chen-fu later said his two days of talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, had allowed them to make their positions clear.
He seemed happy about the state of relations between the two countries.
Koo said the main barrier to good relations was both sides' lack of confidence in the other.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"On the question of direct links, this is not a correct policy. People should know what the two sides (of the Taiwan Strait) lack. They lack mutual trust and what remains is hostility. If we can get rid of that I see no reason not to have direct links. If we do that we can have direct links tomorrow."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator
Koo, making his first visit to Beijing since the 1949 Communist takeover, will spend two days in the Chinese capital.
His agenda includes sightseeing and banqueting before scheduled meetings on Sunday with President Jiang Zemin and Vice Premier Qian Qichen.
Koo declined to say what he expected to discuss with Jiang.
Instead he focused on the issues he believes can bring the two nations closer together.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"Democratisation is part of the country's modernisation. Democracy is something in the future that can help pull us closer together."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator
Koo's meeting with Jiang is thought unlikely to yield more agreements, although it is expected to highlight the warmer atmosphere between the two.
The Taiwanese envoy remained upbeat, expressing hopes that his visit will bring about a thawing in relations.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"I think this trip should be called a 'melting of the ice trip' rather than 'breaking the ice'. I hope this large icy land between us is able to... even though winter will soon be here, but we hope spring is just around the corner."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator
He seemed confident that a brighter outlook was just around the corner.
China and Taiwan have rarely compromised since Mao Tse-tung's Communists vanquished Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists on the mainland in 1949.
Under the four-point deal reached on Thursday, members of the two government-backed bodies that Wang and Koo head will hold talks on all issues.
The agenda will include political matters - a euphemism for reunification - a subject Beijing has long sought to put on the agenda.
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A pro re-unification delegation from Taiwan met with Wang Daohan, Director of China's Association of the Relationship Across the Taiwan Straits on Thursday .
China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949 and China threatens to use force if necessary to assert control over what it regards as a breakaway province.
The meeting between politicians from Taipei and China further promotes the image that the new government in Taiwan is an important pro-reunification force.
During the meeting, Wang Daohan, China's top negotiator criticised the Taiwanese authorities for their reluctance in recognizing the common sense of "one China" principle.
He said he hoped that Taiwan's New Party would play a more important role in the relations across the straits.
China regards Taiwan as a renegade province and calls on other countries not to recognise the island.
Chinese Nationalists fled to Taiwan following their defeat by the communists during the Chinese civil war.
Beijing wants the island to be part of the mainland.
The Taiwanese politicians exchanged views with Wang on different issues such as direct links, restoring political talks, trade and investment.
Feng Huhsiang, the head of the Taiwanese delegation, expressed satisfaction with the meeting and the mainland tour.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"The purpose of increasing the exchanges and mutual understanding has been reached. Of course at the end it should the authorities of the two sides who seek a resolve acceptable to both and in that process we want to play a role as a bridge. I think the visit is very fruitful for the sake of promoting the mutual understanding."
SUPER CAPTION: Feng Huhsiang, head of the Taiwanese New Party delegation
However, Feng said he was worried about the present growing arms race between the two sides of the straits.
He said the new party stands firmly against the idea of Taiwan joining the U-S's T-M-D (Theatre Missile Defence) plan.
SOUNDBITE: (in Mandarin)
"The consistent arms race between the two sides, especially the plans like joining T-M-D are only for the financial benefit of foreign weapon companies. We Chinese should not keep involved in the arms race against ourselves."
SUPER CAPTION: Feng Huhsiang, head of the Taiwanese New Party delegation
Most polls conducted in Taiwan show that people support the current status quo between Taipei and Beijing - wanting to hold off indefinitely reunification with the mainland, but equally not wanting to push for independence.
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Official talks planning the visit of Chinese envoy, Wang Daohan, to Taiwan began in earnest on Monday in Beijing.
Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General of the Straits Exchange Foundation, said he hoped to settle details of Wang Daohan's visit, which China has said will happen this autumn.
Taiwan hopes Wang's visit will help nudge the sides towards restoring dialogue suspended by China in 1995.
The Chinese representative, Li Ya Fei, met his Taiwanese counterpart Jan Jih-horng, from the Straits Exchange Foundation to try and pave the way for Wang Daohan's upcoming visit.
Wang's visit would reciprocate a trip to China by his Taiwanese counterpart Koo Chen- fu to China last October.
The two top envoys head semi-official organisations used by both sides to handle contacts in the absence of official ties.
But China, which considers Taiwan a renegade province, broke off official talks in 1995 over Taiwan's efforts for increased international recognition.
Jan expressed hope that arrangements for Wang's upcoming trip could be settled and that they would provide the Chinese envoy with "a safe, comfortable, sincere, and constructive visit."
Taipei had expected Wang to visit this spring, but planning for his visit has moved extremely slowly.
A successful visit by Wang could improve the atmosphere for future contacts between the two sides.
But Taiwan has shown no indication of conceding to China's basic demand for resuming talks - agreeing to discuss political issues related to reunification between the sides.
Taiwan wants talks to centre on mundane issues such as a framework for resolving fishing disputes and other matters already under discussion between the sides before the freeze in talks.
Taipei argues such agreements are needed first to build trust -- before going on to the stickier reunification-related issues.
To get talks started off on a friendly note, Jan joined his Chinese counterpart, Li Ya Fei and other Chinese officials at a banquet dinner held on Sunday.
Jan is due to return to Taipei on Tuesday.
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China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years on Wednesday, amid mixed signals that the estranged rivals from the Chinese civil war were ready to resume formal negotiations.
Taiwan's chief envoy Koo Chen-fu arrived in Shanghai to begin talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Daohan - the second time the two elder statesman have met.
Expectations are high that their second sit-down will improve the atmosphere, if not formally re-establish routine negotiations between their offices.
After a three-year gap in talks, Taiwan's top negotiator touches down in Shanghai on Wednesday afternoon.
Koo was met by Chinese officials on arrival at Shanghai airport - he was greeted by the director of the Association for Relations Across Taiwan Straits, Tang Shubei.
From here Koo headed to meet his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, for what had been billed as an informal get-together.
Koo Chen-fu was offered a warm greeting by Wang Daohan as they began their get- together at the city's historic Peace Hotel.
The two men exchanged pleasantries as they posed for cameras - but their words were drowned out by the chatter of the onlooking Taiwanese reporters.
The 'get-together' billing - something less than formal talks - illustrates the distrust that has frustrated efforts to restart negotiations Beijing broke off three years ago.
Wang, an ex-mayor of Shanghai and, and Koo, a business tycoon and senior figure in Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, head organisations that handle mainland-island ties in the absence of formal relations.
The elder statesmen held their first and last meeting in Singapore in 1993, ushering in a brief period of cooperation.
Taiwan split from China after a Civil War in 1949, and has since been regarded as a renegade province by the mainland to be retaken by force if necessary.
There are hopes that this round of talks will go towards re establishing routine negotiations between Beijing and Taipei.
After the meeting, aides to both Wang and Koo said the talks had proceeded in a "peaceful atmosphere" conducive to exchanging views.
But while emphasising the importance of the meeting, their comments still alluded to the divisive negotiating positions that has kept the two sides far apart.
China favours a 'one China, two systems' approach to reunification which would allow Taiwan autonomy, but not in the area of foreign affairs.
Taiwan has rejected that autonomy formula and says reunification should wait until China is more democratic and prosperous.
Meanwhile, it wants talks to focus on practical issues, like fishing disputes, to build confidence, although Koo earlier said he did expect political issues to arise during talks.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"Apart from refreshing good memories of friendship, we wish to set up a good atmosphere based on mutual respect and understanding so that we will be able to find the right direction to which the relationship between the two sides of the Straits especially economic and trade should be developed."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's top negotiator
He added that improved relations could protect Taiwan and China from suffering too severely the effects of the Asian financial crisis.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"I think we should make efforts together (Taiwan and China) because no country will be able to stay out of the financial storm. Therefore we should make joint efforts to at least prevent this kind of crisis from happening again in the future."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's top negotiator
In fact, economic and political pressures are edging both sides towards a short-term accommodation.
Better ties with China could help the Nationalists win business community support in December's general elections.
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China and Taiwan have moved closer to resuming their formal dialogue which broke off three years ago.
Both countries have agreed step up contacts between their main negotiators.
Taiwan's top envoy, Koo Chen-fu, has been visiting his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, in Shanghai who has agreed to visit Taipei at a mutually convenient time.
The two negotiators ended their day at the dinner table.
The agreement to have aides to Koo Chen-fu and Wang Daohan consider a resumption of routine talks was reached in the second day of their meeting.
It is their first in five years.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"A real spirit has been embodied in this time's discussion which is called the spirit of dialogue. Only through dialogue can we promote mutual understandings and increase the opportunities of improving our relationship."
SUPER CAPTION: Wang Daohan, China's negotiator
While the agreement stopped short of resuming a formal dialogue, it was the most concrete advance since 1995, when relations fell to their lowest point since the Cold War.
Under the agreement, the two government-backed bodies that Wang and Koo head will hold discussions on resuming negotiations.
Wang's chief aide Tang Shubei, said the talks would cover all issues, including political matters.
The two organisations will also step up contacts.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"We will sincerely look forward to meeting you in Taipei as soon as possible."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator
A resumption of talks would suit both sides.
Taiwan's Nationalists hope to win support from the business community through improved ties with China.
And, Chinese President Jiang faces pressure from the powerful Chinese military and communist old guard to get Taiwan to agree to reunification.
Until now, talks have been held up by China's insistence that negotiations deal directly with thorny political issues, including reunification.
Meanwhile, Taiwan's government has reiterated that progress toward restoring dialogue will depend on Beijing recognising its legitimacy and ending hostility toward the island.
Earlier in the day, Koo Chen-fu visited the stock exchange after touring Shanghai's Pudong district, a swathe of farmland transformed over the past decade into a collection of factories and office towers.
The stock exchange here opened at the beginning of the year.
China has plans to transform this district into the financial centre of the country.
Koo encouraged a more open system of trading in China.
At present, only one or two Taiwanese companies are listed on the Chinese markets.
This is because China has strict barriers preventing them from investing here.
As a result, new stock exchanges, such as this one in Shanghai, remain flat.
Experts say increased investment from healthy Taiwanese businesses would lift the markets and benefit the flagging state-run companies already in existence.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Most of the companies here are the previously state-owned
enterprises. These state-owned enterprises - some of them are good
companies but most of them are yet to learn how to operate in an
international market, whereas in Taiwan, where we see a lot of good
electronics companies as well as a lot of manufacturers, mass
manufacturers who have been very successful internationally, and if
they were to be able to court their investment in the domestic stock
market to raise their liquidity here, it would definitely, in the
other way, help to raise the quality of the different companies in
China."
SUPER CAPTION: Hoong Yik Luen, Director of Chinese research for I-N-G Barings Securities
Both sides are under pressure to achieve an accommodation.
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Drawn-out talks to arrange a visit by China's top Taiwan negotiator have moved a step closer with a visit to Beijing of a Taiwanese intermediary.
Before his arrival on Sunday, Jan Jih-horng said he hoped to settle details of Wang Daohan's visit, which China has said will come this autumn.
Taiwan hopes Wang's visit will help nudge the sides towards restoring dialogue suspended by China in 1995.
Taiwanese intermediary, Jan Jih-horng, flew into Beijing International Airport on Sunday for a three-day visit.
Jan is deputy secretary general of the Straits Exchange Foundation - a semi-official organisation which Taipei uses to handle contacts with Beijing in the absence of official ties.
His mission is to prepare the way for a visit by China's top Taiwan negotiator, Wang Daohan.
Wang's visit would reciprocate a trip to China by his Taiwanese counterpart, Koo Chen-fu, last October.
Taiwan hopes to arrange for Wang to visit several cities on the island and meet notable Taiwanese politicians, businessmen, religious figures and scholars.
Jan says it's time for both sides to resume talks.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"The systematic negotiations has been stopped for four years. The Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straights has left the table for four years. It's time to come back."
SUPER CAPTION: Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General, Straits Exchange Foundation
Taiwan had originally expected Wang to come this spring, but planning for his visit has proceeded at a slow pace.
A successful visit by Wang could improve the atmosphere for future contacts between the sides.
Jan says Taiwan is ready for the visit at any time.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"We actually have mentioned several times that we have flexible timing. Spring is convenient, and we even gave the exact date, around April 29. If it's postponed to Autumn, it's also convenient for us. But anyway, they should give us an exact date, that's convenient for all of us, that's good for both sides to arrange their schedules."
SUPER CAPTION: Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General, Straits Exchange Foundation
But Taiwan has shown no indication of conceding to China's basic demand for resuming talks -- agreeing to discuss political issues relating to reunification.
Beijing cut off talks in anger over Taiwan's attempts to assert itself internationally.
China still considers the island a breakaway province with no rights to international recognition, and threatens to attack it if it declares formal independence.
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DPP legislators seized on comments by the top US representative in Taiwan, to claim that the United States no longer endorses the notion of a "1992 consensus," which has been framed by China as a prerequisite to peaceful cross-strait relations. While the Tsai administration affirmed the comments, KMT lawmakers said they respected the US position despite its clash with their party''s policy line. Raymond Burghardt AIT Chairman In all the times that I met with Wang Daohan or Koo Chen-fu, they never called it that, they never called it the 1992 consensus as that name did not exist. Raymond Burghardt’s remarks represent the first time that a US government official has publicly denied the existence of a “1992 consensus,” a position which the Tsai administration echoed.Chang Hsiao-yuehMainland Affairs Council Minister "The position of our government is to respect the historical fact that talks were held in 1992, and to seek common ground and a shared understanding despite our differences."In the eight years before Tsai took office, the administration of Ma Ying-jeou framed the so-called "1992 consensus" as the cornerstone of peaceful relations between China and Taiwan. These recent comments by the top United States representative in Taiwan have received different interpretations by legislators from the KMT and DPP.Lo Chih-chengDPP Legislator The United States is no longer endorsing China''s “1992 consensus,” and it thinks that the position and principle behind President Tsai’s proposed cross-strait policy should be enough to allow Beijing to save face while making the next step.Lin Te-fuKMT Legislator We respect what he said but we think the 1992 consensus can allow for good cross-strait interaction and should be maintained. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office earlier announced that it had suspended cross-strait communication, though Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chang Hsiao-yueh remains hopeful the new administration can continue to develop cross-strait relations within the current political climate.
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Taiwan's chief envoy Koo Chen-fu is pressing his practical agenda in China, as he continues his visit to Shanghai for talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Daohan.
Taiwan wants to focus the talks - the first for five years - on economic issues.
After touring Shanghai's Pudong district on Thursday, Koo was shown around the city's fledgling stock exchange.
Koo Chen-fu continued to push his agenda during a sightseeing tour on Thursday.
Taiwan's top negotiator visited the stock exchange after touring Shanghai's Pudong district, a swathe of farmland transformed over the past decade into a collection of factories and office towers.
The stock exchange here opened at the beginning of the year.
China has plans to transform this district into the financial centre of the country.
Koo marvelled at Shanghai's fast paced, high-rise growth.
He encouraged a more open system of trading in China.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"We need an open and fair business dealings, a stricter legal system should be established as well as a transparent management in order to establish a normal order, however we always know that the stock market always suffers setback from problems with the economic
infrastructure. We have to get fully prepared to overcome it."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan negotiator
At present, only one or two Taiwanese companies are listed on the Chinese markets.
This is because China has strict barriers preventing them from investing here.
As a result, new stock exchanges, such as this one in Shanghai, remain flat.
Experts say increased investment from healthy Taiwanese businesses would lift the markets and benefit the flagging state-run companies already in existence.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Most of the companies here are the previously state-owned enterprises. These state- owned enterprises - some of them are good companies but most of them are yet to learn how to operate in an international market, whereas in Taiwan, where we see a lot of good electronics companies as well as a lot of manufacturers, mass manufacturers who have been very successful internationally, and if they were to be able to court their investment in the domestic stock market to raise their liquidity here, it would definitely, in the other way, help to raise the quality of the different companies in China."
SUPER CAPTION: Hoong Yik Luen, Director of Chinese research for ING Barings Securities
Taiwanese business executives - who have committed 35 (b) billion U-S dollars in investment in China over the past decade - met Koo over lunch.
Again, Koo alluded to his practical agenda - the importance of economic ties between the two rivals.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"The two sides should be discussed with each other to comply with the interests of the two people. In the agreement it is mentioned
that the benefit of the Taiwanese investors should be further
discussed. We hope that we can at an early point, hold
consultations to establish a normal order for economic and trade
relations between the two sides that will allow each of you to feel
secure and at ease in investing on the mainland."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan negotiator
Taiwan's top negotiator then prepared to meet his Chinese counterpart to try anew to bridge differences that have chilled relations.
The envoy was scheduled to meet, dine and watch a traditional Beijing opera with Wang Daohan.
In an indication of the hopes China is placing on the visit, Koo will meet Chinese President Jiang and Vice Premier Qian Qichen over the weekend in Beijing.
Both sides are under pressure to achieve an accommodation.
Better ties would likely help the Nationalists win business support in December's general elections.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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A delegation of officials from Taiwan's newly elected government are seeking U-S support for a renewal of talks with mainland China.
Lin Chong-Pin, a member of the group, says the most important thing right now is for officials of China and Taiwan to sit down and talk.
Lin and others from the group may meet with officials of the Clinton administration during their trip to Washington D-C this week.
Lin, the vice chairman of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, was in Washington D-C on Thursday looking to press the case for talks with the mainland.
Taiwan's newly elected president, Chen Shui-bian, has softened his pro-independence stance.
But for now, Beijing won't agree to Chen's call for a peace summit until he accepts Beijing's one-China principle.
Lin says Taiwan is ready to welcome China's point man on Taiwan, Wang Daohan, to discuss the matter.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"So our people would like to see Mr. Wang (Daohan) come to Taiwan, and our people have been preparing for his visit. And while....I can say we are quite prepared for him to come. And we do not exclude the possibility, if Mr. Wang has difficulty in coming, Dr. Koo (Chen-fu) in his very advanced age would mind making another trip to the mainland. And we do not exclude the possibility either that perhaps further down the road we can send another letter inviting Mr. Wang to come."
SUPER CAPTION: Chong-Pin Lin, vice chairman, Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council
Chong says Taiwan would encourage a U-S role as a "facilitator" of a cross-strait dialogue, but not a role as negotiator.
It was a reference made to comments by his boss, council chief Tsai Ing-wen.
She has said she doesn't want the U-S to mediate talks with Beijing.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We think not only the United States, all parties involved and all countries in the region should also think of facilitating the cross-strait dialogue, because it is a shared common interest to see peace and stability in the region."
SUPER CAPTION: Chong-Pin Lin, vice chairman, Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council.
China is pressuring Chen to agree on the one-China principle.
Beijing says Taiwan is a breakaway province and must be reunited with the mainland.
Chen thinks the concept is vague but has agreed to discuss it with China at a peace summit.
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China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years on Wednesday, amid mixed signals that the estranged rivals from the Chinese civil war were ready to resume formal negotiations.
Koo Chen-fu and Wang Daohan, elder statesmen charged with shepherding Taiwan- China ties in the absence of formal channels, hugged, smiled and said the lapse since their first and only meeting in Singapore in 1993 gave them much to talk about.
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Wang Daohan
Wang Daohan (Chinese: 汪道涵; pinyin: Wāng Dàohán), (27 March 1915 – 24 December 2005) was the former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS).
Biography
Wang was born in Jiashan County (present day Mingguang City) in China's Anhui province in 1915 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1938. During his early career within the government of the People's Republic of China, he focused on trade and investment issues. In 1965 he was the deputy minister of the State Commission for Foreign Economic Relations with Foreign Countries and in 1979 he was appointed vice-chair of the State Foreign Investment Commission and vice-chair of the State Import-Export Commission. Later Wang came to greater prominence when, after a year as vice-mayor, he was appointed mayor of Shanghai in 1981. As mayor, Wang contributed to the success of Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms by actively encouraging foreign investment and joint ventures. When he retired in 1985, Wang convinced the party authorities to name his protégé Jiang Zemin as his successor.
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2:53CHINA: BEIJING: CHINA/TAIWAN TALKS LATEST
CHINA: BEIJING: CHINA/TAIWAN TALKS LATESTCHINA: BEIJING: CHINA/TAIWAN TALKS LATEST
Mandarin/Nat Taiwan's top China negotiator has declared a new beginning in ties between the two rivals, following a three-year freeze. Arriving in Beijing on Friday after talks in the commercial capital of Shanghai, Koo Chen- fu said lack of trust was still one of the most important problems between Taiwan and China. But Koo welcomed the deal he and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, have struck to work towards repairing negotiations broken off by China three years ago. A warm welcome awaited Koo Chen-fu's arrival in Beijing on Friday. Representatives of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) were on hand to greet the Taiwanese envoy. Taiwan's top negotiator Koo Chen-fu later said his two days of talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, had allowed them to make their positions clear. He seemed happy about the state of relations between the two countries. Koo said the main barrier to good relations was both sides' lack of confidence in the other. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "On the question of direct links, this is not a correct policy. People should know what the two sides (of the Taiwan Strait) lack. They lack mutual trust and what remains is hostility. If we can get rid of that I see no reason not to have direct links. If we do that we can have direct links tomorrow." SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator Koo, making his first visit to Beijing since the 1949 Communist takeover, will spend two days in the Chinese capital. His agenda includes sightseeing and banqueting before scheduled meetings on Sunday with President Jiang Zemin and Vice Premier Qian Qichen. Koo declined to say what he expected to discuss with Jiang. Instead he focused on the issues he believes can bring the two nations closer together. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "Democratisation is part of the country's modernisation. Democracy is something in the future that can help pull us closer together." SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator Koo's meeting with Jiang is thought unlikely to yield more agreements, although it is expected to highlight the warmer atmosphere between the two. The Taiwanese envoy remained upbeat, expressing hopes that his visit will bring about a thawing in relations. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "I think this trip should be called a 'melting of the ice trip' rather than 'breaking the ice'. I hope this large icy land between us is able to... even though winter will soon be here, but we hope spring is just around the corner." SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator He seemed confident that a brighter outlook was just around the corner. China and Taiwan have rarely compromised since Mao Tse-tung's Communists vanquished Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists on the mainland in 1949. Under the four-point deal reached on Thursday, members of the two government-backed bodies that Wang and Koo head will hold talks on all issues. The agenda will include political matters - a euphemism for reunification - a subject Beijing has long sought to put on the agenda. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/8dbbc2404decaed95e501c238f22684b Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork -
2:32CHINA: TAIWAN REUNIFICATION TALKS
CHINA: TAIWAN REUNIFICATION TALKSCHINA: TAIWAN REUNIFICATION TALKS
Mandarin/Nat A pro re-unification delegation from Taiwan met with Wang Daohan, Director of China's Association of the Relationship Across the Taiwan Straits on Thursday . China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949 and China threatens to use force if necessary to assert control over what it regards as a breakaway province. The meeting between politicians from Taipei and China further promotes the image that the new government in Taiwan is an important pro-reunification force. During the meeting, Wang Daohan, China's top negotiator criticised the Taiwanese authorities for their reluctance in recognizing the common sense of "one China" principle. He said he hoped that Taiwan's New Party would play a more important role in the relations across the straits. China regards Taiwan as a renegade province and calls on other countries not to recognise the island. Chinese Nationalists fled to Taiwan following their defeat by the communists during the Chinese civil war. Beijing wants the island to be part of the mainland. The Taiwanese politicians exchanged views with Wang on different issues such as direct links, restoring political talks, trade and investment. Feng Huhsiang, the head of the Taiwanese delegation, expressed satisfaction with the meeting and the mainland tour. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "The purpose of increasing the exchanges and mutual understanding has been reached. Of course at the end it should the authorities of the two sides who seek a resolve acceptable to both and in that process we want to play a role as a bridge. I think the visit is very fruitful for the sake of promoting the mutual understanding." SUPER CAPTION: Feng Huhsiang, head of the Taiwanese New Party delegation However, Feng said he was worried about the present growing arms race between the two sides of the straits. He said the new party stands firmly against the idea of Taiwan joining the U-S's T-M-D (Theatre Missile Defence) plan. SOUNDBITE: (in Mandarin) "The consistent arms race between the two sides, especially the plans like joining T-M-D are only for the financial benefit of foreign weapon companies. We Chinese should not keep involved in the arms race against ourselves." SUPER CAPTION: Feng Huhsiang, head of the Taiwanese New Party delegation Most polls conducted in Taiwan show that people support the current status quo between Taipei and Beijing - wanting to hold off indefinitely reunification with the mainland, but equally not wanting to push for independence. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/5111eafc55eb32afb58884879d52549e Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork -
1:34CHINA: TAIWAN STRAITS EXCHANGE FOUNDATION TALKS
CHINA: TAIWAN STRAITS EXCHANGE FOUNDATION TALKSCHINA: TAIWAN STRAITS EXCHANGE FOUNDATION TALKS
Mandarin/Nat Official talks planning the visit of Chinese envoy, Wang Daohan, to Taiwan began in earnest on Monday in Beijing. Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General of the Straits Exchange Foundation, said he hoped to settle details of Wang Daohan's visit, which China has said will happen this autumn. Taiwan hopes Wang's visit will help nudge the sides towards restoring dialogue suspended by China in 1995. The Chinese representative, Li Ya Fei, met his Taiwanese counterpart Jan Jih-horng, from the Straits Exchange Foundation to try and pave the way for Wang Daohan's upcoming visit. Wang's visit would reciprocate a trip to China by his Taiwanese counterpart Koo Chen- fu to China last October. The two top envoys head semi-official organisations used by both sides to handle contacts in the absence of official ties. But China, which considers Taiwan a renegade province, broke off official talks in 1995 over Taiwan's efforts for increased international recognition. Jan expressed hope that arrangements for Wang's upcoming trip could be settled and that they would provide the Chinese envoy with "a safe, comfortable, sincere, and constructive visit." Taipei had expected Wang to visit this spring, but planning for his visit has moved extremely slowly. A successful visit by Wang could improve the atmosphere for future contacts between the two sides. But Taiwan has shown no indication of conceding to China's basic demand for resuming talks - agreeing to discuss political issues related to reunification between the sides. Taiwan wants talks to centre on mundane issues such as a framework for resolving fishing disputes and other matters already under discussion between the sides before the freeze in talks. Taipei argues such agreements are needed first to build trust -- before going on to the stickier reunification-related issues. To get talks started off on a friendly note, Jan joined his Chinese counterpart, Li Ya Fei and other Chinese officials at a banquet dinner held on Sunday. Jan is due to return to Taipei on Tuesday. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/16c4a1463a94c7a111fcf9a3073ba3d6 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork -
2:59CHINA: CHINA/TAIWAN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS
CHINA: CHINA/TAIWAN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONSCHINA: CHINA/TAIWAN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS
Mandarin/Nat China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years on Wednesday, amid mixed signals that the estranged rivals from the Chinese civil war were ready to resume formal negotiations. Taiwan's chief envoy Koo Chen-fu arrived in Shanghai to begin talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Daohan - the second time the two elder statesman have met. Expectations are high that their second sit-down will improve the atmosphere, if not formally re-establish routine negotiations between their offices. After a three-year gap in talks, Taiwan's top negotiator touches down in Shanghai on Wednesday afternoon. Koo was met by Chinese officials on arrival at Shanghai airport - he was greeted by the director of the Association for Relations Across Taiwan Straits, Tang Shubei. From here Koo headed to meet his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, for what had been billed as an informal get-together. Koo Chen-fu was offered a warm greeting by Wang Daohan as they began their get- together at the city's historic Peace Hotel. The two men exchanged pleasantries as they posed for cameras - but their words were drowned out by the chatter of the onlooking Taiwanese reporters. The 'get-together' billing - something less than formal talks - illustrates the distrust that has frustrated efforts to restart negotiations Beijing broke off three years ago. Wang, an ex-mayor of Shanghai and, and Koo, a business tycoon and senior figure in Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, head organisations that handle mainland-island ties in the absence of formal relations. The elder statesmen held their first and last meeting in Singapore in 1993, ushering in a brief period of cooperation. Taiwan split from China after a Civil War in 1949, and has since been regarded as a renegade province by the mainland to be retaken by force if necessary. There are hopes that this round of talks will go towards re establishing routine negotiations between Beijing and Taipei. After the meeting, aides to both Wang and Koo said the talks had proceeded in a "peaceful atmosphere" conducive to exchanging views. But while emphasising the importance of the meeting, their comments still alluded to the divisive negotiating positions that has kept the two sides far apart. China favours a 'one China, two systems' approach to reunification which would allow Taiwan autonomy, but not in the area of foreign affairs. Taiwan has rejected that autonomy formula and says reunification should wait until China is more democratic and prosperous. Meanwhile, it wants talks to focus on practical issues, like fishing disputes, to build confidence, although Koo earlier said he did expect political issues to arise during talks. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "Apart from refreshing good memories of friendship, we wish to set up a good atmosphere based on mutual respect and understanding so that we will be able to find the right direction to which the relationship between the two sides of the Straits especially economic and trade should be developed." SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's top negotiator He added that improved relations could protect Taiwan and China from suffering too severely the effects of the Asian financial crisis. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "I think we should make efforts together (Taiwan and China) because no country will be able to stay out of the financial storm. Therefore we should make joint efforts to at least prevent this kind of crisis from happening again in the future." SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's top negotiator In fact, economic and political pressures are edging both sides towards a short-term accommodation. Better ties with China could help the Nationalists win business community support in December's general elections. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/50cb8d2c1d884cc8e7c9c924abb66d51 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork -
2:40CHINA: SHANGHAI: CHINA/TAIWAN TALKS UPDATE
CHINA: SHANGHAI: CHINA/TAIWAN TALKS UPDATECHINA: SHANGHAI: CHINA/TAIWAN TALKS UPDATE
Mandarin/Eng/Nat China and Taiwan have moved closer to resuming their formal dialogue which broke off three years ago. Both countries have agreed step up contacts between their main negotiators. Taiwan's top envoy, Koo Chen-fu, has been visiting his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, in Shanghai who has agreed to visit Taipei at a mutually convenient time. The two negotiators ended their day at the dinner table. The agreement to have aides to Koo Chen-fu and Wang Daohan consider a resumption of routine talks was reached in the second day of their meeting. It is their first in five years. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "A real spirit has been embodied in this time's discussion which is called the spirit of dialogue. Only through dialogue can we promote mutual understandings and increase the opportunities of improving our relationship." SUPER CAPTION: Wang Daohan, China's negotiator While the agreement stopped short of resuming a formal dialogue, it was the most concrete advance since 1995, when relations fell to their lowest point since the Cold War. Under the agreement, the two government-backed bodies that Wang and Koo head will hold discussions on resuming negotiations. Wang's chief aide Tang Shubei, said the talks would cover all issues, including political matters. The two organisations will also step up contacts. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "We will sincerely look forward to meeting you in Taipei as soon as possible." SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator A resumption of talks would suit both sides. Taiwan's Nationalists hope to win support from the business community through improved ties with China. And, Chinese President Jiang faces pressure from the powerful Chinese military and communist old guard to get Taiwan to agree to reunification. Until now, talks have been held up by China's insistence that negotiations deal directly with thorny political issues, including reunification. Meanwhile, Taiwan's government has reiterated that progress toward restoring dialogue will depend on Beijing recognising its legitimacy and ending hostility toward the island. Earlier in the day, Koo Chen-fu visited the stock exchange after touring Shanghai's Pudong district, a swathe of farmland transformed over the past decade into a collection of factories and office towers. The stock exchange here opened at the beginning of the year. China has plans to transform this district into the financial centre of the country. Koo encouraged a more open system of trading in China. At present, only one or two Taiwanese companies are listed on the Chinese markets. This is because China has strict barriers preventing them from investing here. As a result, new stock exchanges, such as this one in Shanghai, remain flat. Experts say increased investment from healthy Taiwanese businesses would lift the markets and benefit the flagging state-run companies already in existence. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Most of the companies here are the previously state-owned enterprises. These state-owned enterprises - some of them are good companies but most of them are yet to learn how to operate in an international market, whereas in Taiwan, where we see a lot of good electronics companies as well as a lot of manufacturers, mass manufacturers who have been very successful internationally, and if they were to be able to court their investment in the domestic stock market to raise their liquidity here, it would definitely, in the other way, help to raise the quality of the different companies in China." SUPER CAPTION: Hoong Yik Luen, Director of Chinese research for I-N-G Barings Securities Both sides are under pressure to achieve an accommodation. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/78e4ce55879c8f369ea21157d1d977c9 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork -
1:29CHINA: TAIWANESE INTERMEDIARY ARRIVES FOR TALKS
CHINA: TAIWANESE INTERMEDIARY ARRIVES FOR TALKSCHINA: TAIWANESE INTERMEDIARY ARRIVES FOR TALKS
Mandarin/Nat Drawn-out talks to arrange a visit by China's top Taiwan negotiator have moved a step closer with a visit to Beijing of a Taiwanese intermediary. Before his arrival on Sunday, Jan Jih-horng said he hoped to settle details of Wang Daohan's visit, which China has said will come this autumn. Taiwan hopes Wang's visit will help nudge the sides towards restoring dialogue suspended by China in 1995. Taiwanese intermediary, Jan Jih-horng, flew into Beijing International Airport on Sunday for a three-day visit. Jan is deputy secretary general of the Straits Exchange Foundation - a semi-official organisation which Taipei uses to handle contacts with Beijing in the absence of official ties. His mission is to prepare the way for a visit by China's top Taiwan negotiator, Wang Daohan. Wang's visit would reciprocate a trip to China by his Taiwanese counterpart, Koo Chen-fu, last October. Taiwan hopes to arrange for Wang to visit several cities on the island and meet notable Taiwanese politicians, businessmen, religious figures and scholars. Jan says it's time for both sides to resume talks. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "The systematic negotiations has been stopped for four years. The Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straights has left the table for four years. It's time to come back." SUPER CAPTION: Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General, Straits Exchange Foundation Taiwan had originally expected Wang to come this spring, but planning for his visit has proceeded at a slow pace. A successful visit by Wang could improve the atmosphere for future contacts between the sides. Jan says Taiwan is ready for the visit at any time. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "We actually have mentioned several times that we have flexible timing. Spring is convenient, and we even gave the exact date, around April 29. If it's postponed to Autumn, it's also convenient for us. But anyway, they should give us an exact date, that's convenient for all of us, that's good for both sides to arrange their schedules." SUPER CAPTION: Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General, Straits Exchange Foundation But Taiwan has shown no indication of conceding to China's basic demand for resuming talks -- agreeing to discuss political issues relating to reunification. Beijing cut off talks in anger over Taiwan's attempts to assert itself internationally. China still considers the island a breakaway province with no rights to international recognition, and threatens to attack it if it declares formal independence. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d64f5ac77b10b7762a006f3759c3f161 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork -
2:01AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt confirms that no 1992 consensus exists
AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt confirms that no 1992 consensus existsAIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt confirms that no 1992 consensus exists
DPP legislators seized on comments by the top US representative in Taiwan, to claim that the United States no longer endorses the notion of a "1992 consensus," which has been framed by China as a prerequisite to peaceful cross-strait relations. While the Tsai administration affirmed the comments, KMT lawmakers said they respected the US position despite its clash with their party''s policy line. Raymond Burghardt AIT Chairman In all the times that I met with Wang Daohan or Koo Chen-fu, they never called it that, they never called it the 1992 consensus as that name did not exist. Raymond Burghardt’s remarks represent the first time that a US government official has publicly denied the existence of a “1992 consensus,” a position which the Tsai administration echoed.Chang Hsiao-yuehMainland Affairs Council Minister "The position of our government is to respect the historical fact that talks were held in 1992, and to seek common ground and a shared understanding despite our differences."In the eight years before Tsai took office, the administration of Ma Ying-jeou framed the so-called "1992 consensus" as the cornerstone of peaceful relations between China and Taiwan. These recent comments by the top United States representative in Taiwan have received different interpretations by legislators from the KMT and DPP.Lo Chih-chengDPP Legislator The United States is no longer endorsing China''s “1992 consensus,” and it thinks that the position and principle behind President Tsai’s proposed cross-strait policy should be enough to allow Beijing to save face while making the next step.Lin Te-fuKMT Legislator We respect what he said but we think the 1992 consensus can allow for good cross-strait interaction and should be maintained. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office earlier announced that it had suspended cross-strait communication, though Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chang Hsiao-yueh remains hopeful the new administration can continue to develop cross-strait relations within the current political climate. -
3:25CHINA: TAIWANESE ENVOY KOO VISITS STOCK EXCHANGE
CHINA: TAIWANESE ENVOY KOO VISITS STOCK EXCHANGECHINA: TAIWANESE ENVOY KOO VISITS STOCK EXCHANGE
Mandarin/Nat Taiwan's chief envoy Koo Chen-fu is pressing his practical agenda in China, as he continues his visit to Shanghai for talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Daohan. Taiwan wants to focus the talks - the first for five years - on economic issues. After touring Shanghai's Pudong district on Thursday, Koo was shown around the city's fledgling stock exchange. Koo Chen-fu continued to push his agenda during a sightseeing tour on Thursday. Taiwan's top negotiator visited the stock exchange after touring Shanghai's Pudong district, a swathe of farmland transformed over the past decade into a collection of factories and office towers. The stock exchange here opened at the beginning of the year. China has plans to transform this district into the financial centre of the country. Koo marvelled at Shanghai's fast paced, high-rise growth. He encouraged a more open system of trading in China. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "We need an open and fair business dealings, a stricter legal system should be established as well as a transparent management in order to establish a normal order, however we always know that the stock market always suffers setback from problems with the economic infrastructure. We have to get fully prepared to overcome it." SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan negotiator At present, only one or two Taiwanese companies are listed on the Chinese markets. This is because China has strict barriers preventing them from investing here. As a result, new stock exchanges, such as this one in Shanghai, remain flat. Experts say increased investment from healthy Taiwanese businesses would lift the markets and benefit the flagging state-run companies already in existence. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Most of the companies here are the previously state-owned enterprises. These state- owned enterprises - some of them are good companies but most of them are yet to learn how to operate in an international market, whereas in Taiwan, where we see a lot of good electronics companies as well as a lot of manufacturers, mass manufacturers who have been very successful internationally, and if they were to be able to court their investment in the domestic stock market to raise their liquidity here, it would definitely, in the other way, help to raise the quality of the different companies in China." SUPER CAPTION: Hoong Yik Luen, Director of Chinese research for ING Barings Securities Taiwanese business executives - who have committed 35 (b) billion U-S dollars in investment in China over the past decade - met Koo over lunch. Again, Koo alluded to his practical agenda - the importance of economic ties between the two rivals. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "The two sides should be discussed with each other to comply with the interests of the two people. In the agreement it is mentioned that the benefit of the Taiwanese investors should be further discussed. We hope that we can at an early point, hold consultations to establish a normal order for economic and trade relations between the two sides that will allow each of you to feel secure and at ease in investing on the mainland." SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan negotiator Taiwan's top negotiator then prepared to meet his Chinese counterpart to try anew to bridge differences that have chilled relations. The envoy was scheduled to meet, dine and watch a traditional Beijing opera with Wang Daohan. In an indication of the hopes China is placing on the visit, Koo will meet Chinese President Jiang and Vice Premier Qian Qichen over the weekend in Beijing. Both sides are under pressure to achieve an accommodation. Better ties would likely help the Nationalists win business support in December's general elections. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6f34a521066d114b76b8dcc673316279 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork -
1:27USA: TAIWAN DELEGATION
USA: TAIWAN DELEGATIONUSA: TAIWAN DELEGATION
English/Nat XFA A delegation of officials from Taiwan's newly elected government are seeking U-S support for a renewal of talks with mainland China. Lin Chong-Pin, a member of the group, says the most important thing right now is for officials of China and Taiwan to sit down and talk. Lin and others from the group may meet with officials of the Clinton administration during their trip to Washington D-C this week. Lin, the vice chairman of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, was in Washington D-C on Thursday looking to press the case for talks with the mainland. Taiwan's newly elected president, Chen Shui-bian, has softened his pro-independence stance. But for now, Beijing won't agree to Chen's call for a peace summit until he accepts Beijing's one-China principle. Lin says Taiwan is ready to welcome China's point man on Taiwan, Wang Daohan, to discuss the matter. SOUNDBITE: (English) "So our people would like to see Mr. Wang (Daohan) come to Taiwan, and our people have been preparing for his visit. And while....I can say we are quite prepared for him to come. And we do not exclude the possibility, if Mr. Wang has difficulty in coming, Dr. Koo (Chen-fu) in his very advanced age would mind making another trip to the mainland. And we do not exclude the possibility either that perhaps further down the road we can send another letter inviting Mr. Wang to come." SUPER CAPTION: Chong-Pin Lin, vice chairman, Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council Chong says Taiwan would encourage a U-S role as a "facilitator" of a cross-strait dialogue, but not a role as negotiator. It was a reference made to comments by his boss, council chief Tsai Ing-wen. She has said she doesn't want the U-S to mediate talks with Beijing. SOUNDBITE: (English) "We think not only the United States, all parties involved and all countries in the region should also think of facilitating the cross-strait dialogue, because it is a shared common interest to see peace and stability in the region." SUPER CAPTION: Chong-Pin Lin, vice chairman, Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council. China is pressuring Chen to agree on the one-China principle. Beijing says Taiwan is a breakaway province and must be reunited with the mainland. Chen thinks the concept is vague but has agreed to discuss it with China at a peace summit. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/13e82d0b7212f728c53fe8c6ee829420 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork -
1:31CHINA: CHINA/TAIWAN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS (V)
CHINA: CHINA/TAIWAN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS (V)CHINA: CHINA/TAIWAN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS (V)
English/Nat China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years on Wednesday, amid mixed signals that the estranged rivals from the Chinese civil war were ready to resume formal negotiations. Koo Chen-fu and Wang Daohan, elder statesmen charged with shepherding Taiwan- China ties in the absence of formal channels, hugged, smiled and said the lapse since their first and only meeting in Singapore in 1993 gave them much to talk about. VOICE-OVER: You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/0ca76873151b6171c72d841d2a33dd17 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
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CHINA: BEIJING: CHINA/TAIWAN TALKS LATEST
Mandarin/Nat Taiwan's top China negotiator has declared a new beginning in ties between the two rivals, following a three-year freeze. Arriving in Beijing on Friday after talks in the commercial capital of Shanghai, Koo Chen- fu said lack of trust was still one of the most important problems between Taiwan and China. But Koo welcomed the deal he and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, have struck to work towards repairing negotiations broken off by China three years ago. A warm welcome awaited Koo Chen-fu's arrival in Beijing on Friday. Representatives of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) were on hand to greet the Taiwanese envoy. Taiwan's top negotiator Koo Chen-fu later said his two days of talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Dao... -
CHINA: TAIWAN REUNIFICATION TALKS
Mandarin/Nat A pro re-unification delegation from Taiwan met with Wang Daohan, Director of China's Association of the Relationship Across the Taiwan Straits on Thursday . China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949 and China threatens to use force if necessary to assert control over what it regards as a breakaway province. The meeting between politicians from Taipei and China further promotes the image that the new government in Taiwan is an important pro-reunification force. During the meeting, Wang Daohan, China's top negotiator criticised the Taiwanese authorities for their reluctance in recognizing the common sense of "one China" principle. He said he hoped that Taiwan's New Party would play a more important role in the relations across the straits. China regards... -
CHINA: TAIWAN STRAITS EXCHANGE FOUNDATION TALKS
Mandarin/Nat Official talks planning the visit of Chinese envoy, Wang Daohan, to Taiwan began in earnest on Monday in Beijing. Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General of the Straits Exchange Foundation, said he hoped to settle details of Wang Daohan's visit, which China has said will happen this autumn. Taiwan hopes Wang's visit will help nudge the sides towards restoring dialogue suspended by China in 1995. The Chinese representative, Li Ya Fei, met his Taiwanese counterpart Jan Jih-horng, from the Straits Exchange Foundation to try and pave the way for Wang Daohan's upcoming visit. Wang's visit would reciprocate a trip to China by his Taiwanese counterpart Koo Chen- fu to China last October. The two top envoys head semi-official organisations used by both sid... -
CHINA: CHINA/TAIWAN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS
Mandarin/Nat China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years on Wednesday, amid mixed signals that the estranged rivals from the Chinese civil war were ready to resume formal negotiations. Taiwan's chief envoy Koo Chen-fu arrived in Shanghai to begin talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Daohan - the second time the two elder statesman have met. Expectations are high that their second sit-down will improve the atmosphere, if not formally re-establish routine negotiations between their offices. After a three-year gap in talks, Taiwan's top negotiator touches down in Shanghai on Wednesday afternoon. Koo was met by Chinese officials on arrival at Shanghai airport - he was greeted by the director of the Association for Relations Across Taiwan Straits, Tang Shubei. ... -
CHINA: SHANGHAI: CHINA/TAIWAN TALKS UPDATE
Mandarin/Eng/Nat China and Taiwan have moved closer to resuming their formal dialogue which broke off three years ago. Both countries have agreed step up contacts between their main negotiators. Taiwan's top envoy, Koo Chen-fu, has been visiting his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, in Shanghai who has agreed to visit Taipei at a mutually convenient time. The two negotiators ended their day at the dinner table. The agreement to have aides to Koo Chen-fu and Wang Daohan consider a resumption of routine talks was reached in the second day of their meeting. It is their first in five years. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) "A real spirit has been embodied in this time's discussion which is called the spirit of dialogue. Only through dialogue can we promote mutual understandings... -
CHINA: TAIWANESE INTERMEDIARY ARRIVES FOR TALKS
Mandarin/Nat Drawn-out talks to arrange a visit by China's top Taiwan negotiator have moved a step closer with a visit to Beijing of a Taiwanese intermediary. Before his arrival on Sunday, Jan Jih-horng said he hoped to settle details of Wang Daohan's visit, which China has said will come this autumn. Taiwan hopes Wang's visit will help nudge the sides towards restoring dialogue suspended by China in 1995. Taiwanese intermediary, Jan Jih-horng, flew into Beijing International Airport on Sunday for a three-day visit. Jan is deputy secretary general of the Straits Exchange Foundation - a semi-official organisation which Taipei uses to handle contacts with Beijing in the absence of official ties. His mission is to prepare the way for a visit by China's top Taiwan negotiator,... -
AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt confirms that no 1992 consensus exists
DPP legislators seized on comments by the top US representative in Taiwan, to claim that the United States no longer endorses the notion of a "1992 consensus," which has been framed by China as a prerequisite to peaceful cross-strait relations. While the Tsai administration affirmed the comments, KMT lawmakers said they respected the US position despite its clash with their party''s policy line. Raymond Burghardt AIT Chairman In all the times that I met with Wang Daohan or Koo Chen-fu, they never called it that, they never called it the 1992 consensus as that name did not exist. Raymond Burghardt’s remarks represent the first time that a US government official has publicly denied the existence of a “1992 consensus,” a position which the Tsai administration echoed.Chang Hsiao-yuehMainland A... -
CHINA: TAIWANESE ENVOY KOO VISITS STOCK EXCHANGE
Mandarin/Nat Taiwan's chief envoy Koo Chen-fu is pressing his practical agenda in China, as he continues his visit to Shanghai for talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Daohan. Taiwan wants to focus the talks - the first for five years - on economic issues. After touring Shanghai's Pudong district on Thursday, Koo was shown around the city's fledgling stock exchange. Koo Chen-fu continued to push his agenda during a sightseeing tour on Thursday. Taiwan's top negotiator visited the stock exchange after touring Shanghai's Pudong district, a swathe of farmland transformed over the past decade into a collection of factories and office towers. The stock exchange here opened at the beginning of the year. China has plans to transform this district into the financial cen... -
USA: TAIWAN DELEGATION
English/Nat XFA A delegation of officials from Taiwan's newly elected government are seeking U-S support for a renewal of talks with mainland China. Lin Chong-Pin, a member of the group, says the most important thing right now is for officials of China and Taiwan to sit down and talk. Lin and others from the group may meet with officials of the Clinton administration during their trip to Washington D-C this week. Lin, the vice chairman of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, was in Washington D-C on Thursday looking to press the case for talks with the mainland. Taiwan's newly elected president, Chen Shui-bian, has softened his pro-independence stance. But for now, Beijing won't agree to Chen's call for a peace summit until he accepts Beijing's one-China principle. L... -
CHINA: CHINA/TAIWAN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS (V)
English/Nat China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years on Wednesday, amid mixed signals that the estranged rivals from the Chinese civil war were ready to resume formal negotiations. Koo Chen-fu and Wang Daohan, elder statesmen charged with shepherding Taiwan- China ties in the absence of formal channels, hugged, smiled and said the lapse since their first and only meeting in Singapore in 1993 gave them much to talk about. VOICE-OVER: You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/0ca76873151b6171c72d841d2a33dd17 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
CHINA: BEIJING: CHINA/TAIWAN TALKS LATEST
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Taiwan's top China negotiator has declared a new beginning in ties between the two rivals, following a three-year freeze.
Arriving in Beijin...
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Taiwan's top China negotiator has declared a new beginning in ties between the two rivals, following a three-year freeze.
Arriving in Beijing on Friday after talks in the commercial capital of Shanghai, Koo Chen- fu said lack of trust was still one of the most important problems between Taiwan and China.
But Koo welcomed the deal he and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, have struck to work towards repairing negotiations broken off by China three years ago.
A warm welcome awaited Koo Chen-fu's arrival in Beijing on Friday.
Representatives of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) were on hand to greet the Taiwanese envoy.
Taiwan's top negotiator Koo Chen-fu later said his two days of talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, had allowed them to make their positions clear.
He seemed happy about the state of relations between the two countries.
Koo said the main barrier to good relations was both sides' lack of confidence in the other.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"On the question of direct links, this is not a correct policy. People should know what the two sides (of the Taiwan Strait) lack. They lack mutual trust and what remains is hostility. If we can get rid of that I see no reason not to have direct links. If we do that we can have direct links tomorrow."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator
Koo, making his first visit to Beijing since the 1949 Communist takeover, will spend two days in the Chinese capital.
His agenda includes sightseeing and banqueting before scheduled meetings on Sunday with President Jiang Zemin and Vice Premier Qian Qichen.
Koo declined to say what he expected to discuss with Jiang.
Instead he focused on the issues he believes can bring the two nations closer together.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"Democratisation is part of the country's modernisation. Democracy is something in the future that can help pull us closer together."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator
Koo's meeting with Jiang is thought unlikely to yield more agreements, although it is expected to highlight the warmer atmosphere between the two.
The Taiwanese envoy remained upbeat, expressing hopes that his visit will bring about a thawing in relations.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"I think this trip should be called a 'melting of the ice trip' rather than 'breaking the ice'. I hope this large icy land between us is able to... even though winter will soon be here, but we hope spring is just around the corner."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator
He seemed confident that a brighter outlook was just around the corner.
China and Taiwan have rarely compromised since Mao Tse-tung's Communists vanquished Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists on the mainland in 1949.
Under the four-point deal reached on Thursday, members of the two government-backed bodies that Wang and Koo head will hold talks on all issues.
The agenda will include political matters - a euphemism for reunification - a subject Beijing has long sought to put on the agenda.
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Taiwan's top China negotiator has declared a new beginning in ties between the two rivals, following a three-year freeze.
Arriving in Beijing on Friday after talks in the commercial capital of Shanghai, Koo Chen- fu said lack of trust was still one of the most important problems between Taiwan and China.
But Koo welcomed the deal he and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, have struck to work towards repairing negotiations broken off by China three years ago.
A warm welcome awaited Koo Chen-fu's arrival in Beijing on Friday.
Representatives of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) were on hand to greet the Taiwanese envoy.
Taiwan's top negotiator Koo Chen-fu later said his two days of talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, had allowed them to make their positions clear.
He seemed happy about the state of relations between the two countries.
Koo said the main barrier to good relations was both sides' lack of confidence in the other.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"On the question of direct links, this is not a correct policy. People should know what the two sides (of the Taiwan Strait) lack. They lack mutual trust and what remains is hostility. If we can get rid of that I see no reason not to have direct links. If we do that we can have direct links tomorrow."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator
Koo, making his first visit to Beijing since the 1949 Communist takeover, will spend two days in the Chinese capital.
His agenda includes sightseeing and banqueting before scheduled meetings on Sunday with President Jiang Zemin and Vice Premier Qian Qichen.
Koo declined to say what he expected to discuss with Jiang.
Instead he focused on the issues he believes can bring the two nations closer together.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"Democratisation is part of the country's modernisation. Democracy is something in the future that can help pull us closer together."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator
Koo's meeting with Jiang is thought unlikely to yield more agreements, although it is expected to highlight the warmer atmosphere between the two.
The Taiwanese envoy remained upbeat, expressing hopes that his visit will bring about a thawing in relations.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"I think this trip should be called a 'melting of the ice trip' rather than 'breaking the ice'. I hope this large icy land between us is able to... even though winter will soon be here, but we hope spring is just around the corner."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator
He seemed confident that a brighter outlook was just around the corner.
China and Taiwan have rarely compromised since Mao Tse-tung's Communists vanquished Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists on the mainland in 1949.
Under the four-point deal reached on Thursday, members of the two government-backed bodies that Wang and Koo head will hold talks on all issues.
The agenda will include political matters - a euphemism for reunification - a subject Beijing has long sought to put on the agenda.
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CHINA: TAIWAN REUNIFICATION TALKS
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A pro re-unification delegation from Taiwan met with Wang Daohan, Director of China's Association of the Relationship Across the Taiwan Straits...
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A pro re-unification delegation from Taiwan met with Wang Daohan, Director of China's Association of the Relationship Across the Taiwan Straits on Thursday .
China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949 and China threatens to use force if necessary to assert control over what it regards as a breakaway province.
The meeting between politicians from Taipei and China further promotes the image that the new government in Taiwan is an important pro-reunification force.
During the meeting, Wang Daohan, China's top negotiator criticised the Taiwanese authorities for their reluctance in recognizing the common sense of "one China" principle.
He said he hoped that Taiwan's New Party would play a more important role in the relations across the straits.
China regards Taiwan as a renegade province and calls on other countries not to recognise the island.
Chinese Nationalists fled to Taiwan following their defeat by the communists during the Chinese civil war.
Beijing wants the island to be part of the mainland.
The Taiwanese politicians exchanged views with Wang on different issues such as direct links, restoring political talks, trade and investment.
Feng Huhsiang, the head of the Taiwanese delegation, expressed satisfaction with the meeting and the mainland tour.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"The purpose of increasing the exchanges and mutual understanding has been reached. Of course at the end it should the authorities of the two sides who seek a resolve acceptable to both and in that process we want to play a role as a bridge. I think the visit is very fruitful for the sake of promoting the mutual understanding."
SUPER CAPTION: Feng Huhsiang, head of the Taiwanese New Party delegation
However, Feng said he was worried about the present growing arms race between the two sides of the straits.
He said the new party stands firmly against the idea of Taiwan joining the U-S's T-M-D (Theatre Missile Defence) plan.
SOUNDBITE: (in Mandarin)
"The consistent arms race between the two sides, especially the plans like joining T-M-D are only for the financial benefit of foreign weapon companies. We Chinese should not keep involved in the arms race against ourselves."
SUPER CAPTION: Feng Huhsiang, head of the Taiwanese New Party delegation
Most polls conducted in Taiwan show that people support the current status quo between Taipei and Beijing - wanting to hold off indefinitely reunification with the mainland, but equally not wanting to push for independence.
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A pro re-unification delegation from Taiwan met with Wang Daohan, Director of China's Association of the Relationship Across the Taiwan Straits on Thursday .
China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949 and China threatens to use force if necessary to assert control over what it regards as a breakaway province.
The meeting between politicians from Taipei and China further promotes the image that the new government in Taiwan is an important pro-reunification force.
During the meeting, Wang Daohan, China's top negotiator criticised the Taiwanese authorities for their reluctance in recognizing the common sense of "one China" principle.
He said he hoped that Taiwan's New Party would play a more important role in the relations across the straits.
China regards Taiwan as a renegade province and calls on other countries not to recognise the island.
Chinese Nationalists fled to Taiwan following their defeat by the communists during the Chinese civil war.
Beijing wants the island to be part of the mainland.
The Taiwanese politicians exchanged views with Wang on different issues such as direct links, restoring political talks, trade and investment.
Feng Huhsiang, the head of the Taiwanese delegation, expressed satisfaction with the meeting and the mainland tour.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"The purpose of increasing the exchanges and mutual understanding has been reached. Of course at the end it should the authorities of the two sides who seek a resolve acceptable to both and in that process we want to play a role as a bridge. I think the visit is very fruitful for the sake of promoting the mutual understanding."
SUPER CAPTION: Feng Huhsiang, head of the Taiwanese New Party delegation
However, Feng said he was worried about the present growing arms race between the two sides of the straits.
He said the new party stands firmly against the idea of Taiwan joining the U-S's T-M-D (Theatre Missile Defence) plan.
SOUNDBITE: (in Mandarin)
"The consistent arms race between the two sides, especially the plans like joining T-M-D are only for the financial benefit of foreign weapon companies. We Chinese should not keep involved in the arms race against ourselves."
SUPER CAPTION: Feng Huhsiang, head of the Taiwanese New Party delegation
Most polls conducted in Taiwan show that people support the current status quo between Taipei and Beijing - wanting to hold off indefinitely reunification with the mainland, but equally not wanting to push for independence.
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CHINA: TAIWAN STRAITS EXCHANGE FOUNDATION TALKS
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Official talks planning the visit of Chinese envoy, Wang Daohan, to Taiwan began in earnest on Monday in Beijing.
Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secr...
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Official talks planning the visit of Chinese envoy, Wang Daohan, to Taiwan began in earnest on Monday in Beijing.
Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General of the Straits Exchange Foundation, said he hoped to settle details of Wang Daohan's visit, which China has said will happen this autumn.
Taiwan hopes Wang's visit will help nudge the sides towards restoring dialogue suspended by China in 1995.
The Chinese representative, Li Ya Fei, met his Taiwanese counterpart Jan Jih-horng, from the Straits Exchange Foundation to try and pave the way for Wang Daohan's upcoming visit.
Wang's visit would reciprocate a trip to China by his Taiwanese counterpart Koo Chen- fu to China last October.
The two top envoys head semi-official organisations used by both sides to handle contacts in the absence of official ties.
But China, which considers Taiwan a renegade province, broke off official talks in 1995 over Taiwan's efforts for increased international recognition.
Jan expressed hope that arrangements for Wang's upcoming trip could be settled and that they would provide the Chinese envoy with "a safe, comfortable, sincere, and constructive visit."
Taipei had expected Wang to visit this spring, but planning for his visit has moved extremely slowly.
A successful visit by Wang could improve the atmosphere for future contacts between the two sides.
But Taiwan has shown no indication of conceding to China's basic demand for resuming talks - agreeing to discuss political issues related to reunification between the sides.
Taiwan wants talks to centre on mundane issues such as a framework for resolving fishing disputes and other matters already under discussion between the sides before the freeze in talks.
Taipei argues such agreements are needed first to build trust -- before going on to the stickier reunification-related issues.
To get talks started off on a friendly note, Jan joined his Chinese counterpart, Li Ya Fei and other Chinese officials at a banquet dinner held on Sunday.
Jan is due to return to Taipei on Tuesday.
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Official talks planning the visit of Chinese envoy, Wang Daohan, to Taiwan began in earnest on Monday in Beijing.
Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General of the Straits Exchange Foundation, said he hoped to settle details of Wang Daohan's visit, which China has said will happen this autumn.
Taiwan hopes Wang's visit will help nudge the sides towards restoring dialogue suspended by China in 1995.
The Chinese representative, Li Ya Fei, met his Taiwanese counterpart Jan Jih-horng, from the Straits Exchange Foundation to try and pave the way for Wang Daohan's upcoming visit.
Wang's visit would reciprocate a trip to China by his Taiwanese counterpart Koo Chen- fu to China last October.
The two top envoys head semi-official organisations used by both sides to handle contacts in the absence of official ties.
But China, which considers Taiwan a renegade province, broke off official talks in 1995 over Taiwan's efforts for increased international recognition.
Jan expressed hope that arrangements for Wang's upcoming trip could be settled and that they would provide the Chinese envoy with "a safe, comfortable, sincere, and constructive visit."
Taipei had expected Wang to visit this spring, but planning for his visit has moved extremely slowly.
A successful visit by Wang could improve the atmosphere for future contacts between the two sides.
But Taiwan has shown no indication of conceding to China's basic demand for resuming talks - agreeing to discuss political issues related to reunification between the sides.
Taiwan wants talks to centre on mundane issues such as a framework for resolving fishing disputes and other matters already under discussion between the sides before the freeze in talks.
Taipei argues such agreements are needed first to build trust -- before going on to the stickier reunification-related issues.
To get talks started off on a friendly note, Jan joined his Chinese counterpart, Li Ya Fei and other Chinese officials at a banquet dinner held on Sunday.
Jan is due to return to Taipei on Tuesday.
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CHINA: CHINA/TAIWAN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS
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China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years on Wednesday, amid mixed signals that the estranged rivals from the Chinese civil...
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China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years on Wednesday, amid mixed signals that the estranged rivals from the Chinese civil war were ready to resume formal negotiations.
Taiwan's chief envoy Koo Chen-fu arrived in Shanghai to begin talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Daohan - the second time the two elder statesman have met.
Expectations are high that their second sit-down will improve the atmosphere, if not formally re-establish routine negotiations between their offices.
After a three-year gap in talks, Taiwan's top negotiator touches down in Shanghai on Wednesday afternoon.
Koo was met by Chinese officials on arrival at Shanghai airport - he was greeted by the director of the Association for Relations Across Taiwan Straits, Tang Shubei.
From here Koo headed to meet his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, for what had been billed as an informal get-together.
Koo Chen-fu was offered a warm greeting by Wang Daohan as they began their get- together at the city's historic Peace Hotel.
The two men exchanged pleasantries as they posed for cameras - but their words were drowned out by the chatter of the onlooking Taiwanese reporters.
The 'get-together' billing - something less than formal talks - illustrates the distrust that has frustrated efforts to restart negotiations Beijing broke off three years ago.
Wang, an ex-mayor of Shanghai and, and Koo, a business tycoon and senior figure in Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, head organisations that handle mainland-island ties in the absence of formal relations.
The elder statesmen held their first and last meeting in Singapore in 1993, ushering in a brief period of cooperation.
Taiwan split from China after a Civil War in 1949, and has since been regarded as a renegade province by the mainland to be retaken by force if necessary.
There are hopes that this round of talks will go towards re establishing routine negotiations between Beijing and Taipei.
After the meeting, aides to both Wang and Koo said the talks had proceeded in a "peaceful atmosphere" conducive to exchanging views.
But while emphasising the importance of the meeting, their comments still alluded to the divisive negotiating positions that has kept the two sides far apart.
China favours a 'one China, two systems' approach to reunification which would allow Taiwan autonomy, but not in the area of foreign affairs.
Taiwan has rejected that autonomy formula and says reunification should wait until China is more democratic and prosperous.
Meanwhile, it wants talks to focus on practical issues, like fishing disputes, to build confidence, although Koo earlier said he did expect political issues to arise during talks.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"Apart from refreshing good memories of friendship, we wish to set up a good atmosphere based on mutual respect and understanding so that we will be able to find the right direction to which the relationship between the two sides of the Straits especially economic and trade should be developed."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's top negotiator
He added that improved relations could protect Taiwan and China from suffering too severely the effects of the Asian financial crisis.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"I think we should make efforts together (Taiwan and China) because no country will be able to stay out of the financial storm. Therefore we should make joint efforts to at least prevent this kind of crisis from happening again in the future."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's top negotiator
In fact, economic and political pressures are edging both sides towards a short-term accommodation.
Better ties with China could help the Nationalists win business community support in December's general elections.
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China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years on Wednesday, amid mixed signals that the estranged rivals from the Chinese civil war were ready to resume formal negotiations.
Taiwan's chief envoy Koo Chen-fu arrived in Shanghai to begin talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Daohan - the second time the two elder statesman have met.
Expectations are high that their second sit-down will improve the atmosphere, if not formally re-establish routine negotiations between their offices.
After a three-year gap in talks, Taiwan's top negotiator touches down in Shanghai on Wednesday afternoon.
Koo was met by Chinese officials on arrival at Shanghai airport - he was greeted by the director of the Association for Relations Across Taiwan Straits, Tang Shubei.
From here Koo headed to meet his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, for what had been billed as an informal get-together.
Koo Chen-fu was offered a warm greeting by Wang Daohan as they began their get- together at the city's historic Peace Hotel.
The two men exchanged pleasantries as they posed for cameras - but their words were drowned out by the chatter of the onlooking Taiwanese reporters.
The 'get-together' billing - something less than formal talks - illustrates the distrust that has frustrated efforts to restart negotiations Beijing broke off three years ago.
Wang, an ex-mayor of Shanghai and, and Koo, a business tycoon and senior figure in Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, head organisations that handle mainland-island ties in the absence of formal relations.
The elder statesmen held their first and last meeting in Singapore in 1993, ushering in a brief period of cooperation.
Taiwan split from China after a Civil War in 1949, and has since been regarded as a renegade province by the mainland to be retaken by force if necessary.
There are hopes that this round of talks will go towards re establishing routine negotiations between Beijing and Taipei.
After the meeting, aides to both Wang and Koo said the talks had proceeded in a "peaceful atmosphere" conducive to exchanging views.
But while emphasising the importance of the meeting, their comments still alluded to the divisive negotiating positions that has kept the two sides far apart.
China favours a 'one China, two systems' approach to reunification which would allow Taiwan autonomy, but not in the area of foreign affairs.
Taiwan has rejected that autonomy formula and says reunification should wait until China is more democratic and prosperous.
Meanwhile, it wants talks to focus on practical issues, like fishing disputes, to build confidence, although Koo earlier said he did expect political issues to arise during talks.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"Apart from refreshing good memories of friendship, we wish to set up a good atmosphere based on mutual respect and understanding so that we will be able to find the right direction to which the relationship between the two sides of the Straits especially economic and trade should be developed."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's top negotiator
He added that improved relations could protect Taiwan and China from suffering too severely the effects of the Asian financial crisis.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"I think we should make efforts together (Taiwan and China) because no country will be able to stay out of the financial storm. Therefore we should make joint efforts to at least prevent this kind of crisis from happening again in the future."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's top negotiator
In fact, economic and political pressures are edging both sides towards a short-term accommodation.
Better ties with China could help the Nationalists win business community support in December's general elections.
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CHINA: SHANGHAI: CHINA/TAIWAN TALKS UPDATE
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- Duration: 2:40
- Updated: 21 Jul 2015
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China and Taiwan have moved closer to resuming their formal dialogue which broke off three years ago.
Both countries have agreed step up...
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
China and Taiwan have moved closer to resuming their formal dialogue which broke off three years ago.
Both countries have agreed step up contacts between their main negotiators.
Taiwan's top envoy, Koo Chen-fu, has been visiting his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, in Shanghai who has agreed to visit Taipei at a mutually convenient time.
The two negotiators ended their day at the dinner table.
The agreement to have aides to Koo Chen-fu and Wang Daohan consider a resumption of routine talks was reached in the second day of their meeting.
It is their first in five years.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"A real spirit has been embodied in this time's discussion which is called the spirit of dialogue. Only through dialogue can we promote mutual understandings and increase the opportunities of improving our relationship."
SUPER CAPTION: Wang Daohan, China's negotiator
While the agreement stopped short of resuming a formal dialogue, it was the most concrete advance since 1995, when relations fell to their lowest point since the Cold War.
Under the agreement, the two government-backed bodies that Wang and Koo head will hold discussions on resuming negotiations.
Wang's chief aide Tang Shubei, said the talks would cover all issues, including political matters.
The two organisations will also step up contacts.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"We will sincerely look forward to meeting you in Taipei as soon as possible."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator
A resumption of talks would suit both sides.
Taiwan's Nationalists hope to win support from the business community through improved ties with China.
And, Chinese President Jiang faces pressure from the powerful Chinese military and communist old guard to get Taiwan to agree to reunification.
Until now, talks have been held up by China's insistence that negotiations deal directly with thorny political issues, including reunification.
Meanwhile, Taiwan's government has reiterated that progress toward restoring dialogue will depend on Beijing recognising its legitimacy and ending hostility toward the island.
Earlier in the day, Koo Chen-fu visited the stock exchange after touring Shanghai's Pudong district, a swathe of farmland transformed over the past decade into a collection of factories and office towers.
The stock exchange here opened at the beginning of the year.
China has plans to transform this district into the financial centre of the country.
Koo encouraged a more open system of trading in China.
At present, only one or two Taiwanese companies are listed on the Chinese markets.
This is because China has strict barriers preventing them from investing here.
As a result, new stock exchanges, such as this one in Shanghai, remain flat.
Experts say increased investment from healthy Taiwanese businesses would lift the markets and benefit the flagging state-run companies already in existence.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Most of the companies here are the previously state-owned
enterprises. These state-owned enterprises - some of them are good
companies but most of them are yet to learn how to operate in an
international market, whereas in Taiwan, where we see a lot of good
electronics companies as well as a lot of manufacturers, mass
manufacturers who have been very successful internationally, and if
they were to be able to court their investment in the domestic stock
market to raise their liquidity here, it would definitely, in the
other way, help to raise the quality of the different companies in
China."
SUPER CAPTION: Hoong Yik Luen, Director of Chinese research for I-N-G Barings Securities
Both sides are under pressure to achieve an accommodation.
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China and Taiwan have moved closer to resuming their formal dialogue which broke off three years ago.
Both countries have agreed step up contacts between their main negotiators.
Taiwan's top envoy, Koo Chen-fu, has been visiting his Chinese counterpart, Wang Daohan, in Shanghai who has agreed to visit Taipei at a mutually convenient time.
The two negotiators ended their day at the dinner table.
The agreement to have aides to Koo Chen-fu and Wang Daohan consider a resumption of routine talks was reached in the second day of their meeting.
It is their first in five years.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"A real spirit has been embodied in this time's discussion which is called the spirit of dialogue. Only through dialogue can we promote mutual understandings and increase the opportunities of improving our relationship."
SUPER CAPTION: Wang Daohan, China's negotiator
While the agreement stopped short of resuming a formal dialogue, it was the most concrete advance since 1995, when relations fell to their lowest point since the Cold War.
Under the agreement, the two government-backed bodies that Wang and Koo head will hold discussions on resuming negotiations.
Wang's chief aide Tang Shubei, said the talks would cover all issues, including political matters.
The two organisations will also step up contacts.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"We will sincerely look forward to meeting you in Taipei as soon as possible."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's negotiator
A resumption of talks would suit both sides.
Taiwan's Nationalists hope to win support from the business community through improved ties with China.
And, Chinese President Jiang faces pressure from the powerful Chinese military and communist old guard to get Taiwan to agree to reunification.
Until now, talks have been held up by China's insistence that negotiations deal directly with thorny political issues, including reunification.
Meanwhile, Taiwan's government has reiterated that progress toward restoring dialogue will depend on Beijing recognising its legitimacy and ending hostility toward the island.
Earlier in the day, Koo Chen-fu visited the stock exchange after touring Shanghai's Pudong district, a swathe of farmland transformed over the past decade into a collection of factories and office towers.
The stock exchange here opened at the beginning of the year.
China has plans to transform this district into the financial centre of the country.
Koo encouraged a more open system of trading in China.
At present, only one or two Taiwanese companies are listed on the Chinese markets.
This is because China has strict barriers preventing them from investing here.
As a result, new stock exchanges, such as this one in Shanghai, remain flat.
Experts say increased investment from healthy Taiwanese businesses would lift the markets and benefit the flagging state-run companies already in existence.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Most of the companies here are the previously state-owned
enterprises. These state-owned enterprises - some of them are good
companies but most of them are yet to learn how to operate in an
international market, whereas in Taiwan, where we see a lot of good
electronics companies as well as a lot of manufacturers, mass
manufacturers who have been very successful internationally, and if
they were to be able to court their investment in the domestic stock
market to raise their liquidity here, it would definitely, in the
other way, help to raise the quality of the different companies in
China."
SUPER CAPTION: Hoong Yik Luen, Director of Chinese research for I-N-G Barings Securities
Both sides are under pressure to achieve an accommodation.
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CHINA: TAIWANESE INTERMEDIARY ARRIVES FOR TALKS
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Drawn-out talks to arrange a visit by China's top Taiwan negotiator have moved a step closer with a visit to Beijing of a Taiwanese intermediary...
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Drawn-out talks to arrange a visit by China's top Taiwan negotiator have moved a step closer with a visit to Beijing of a Taiwanese intermediary.
Before his arrival on Sunday, Jan Jih-horng said he hoped to settle details of Wang Daohan's visit, which China has said will come this autumn.
Taiwan hopes Wang's visit will help nudge the sides towards restoring dialogue suspended by China in 1995.
Taiwanese intermediary, Jan Jih-horng, flew into Beijing International Airport on Sunday for a three-day visit.
Jan is deputy secretary general of the Straits Exchange Foundation - a semi-official organisation which Taipei uses to handle contacts with Beijing in the absence of official ties.
His mission is to prepare the way for a visit by China's top Taiwan negotiator, Wang Daohan.
Wang's visit would reciprocate a trip to China by his Taiwanese counterpart, Koo Chen-fu, last October.
Taiwan hopes to arrange for Wang to visit several cities on the island and meet notable Taiwanese politicians, businessmen, religious figures and scholars.
Jan says it's time for both sides to resume talks.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"The systematic negotiations has been stopped for four years. The Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straights has left the table for four years. It's time to come back."
SUPER CAPTION: Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General, Straits Exchange Foundation
Taiwan had originally expected Wang to come this spring, but planning for his visit has proceeded at a slow pace.
A successful visit by Wang could improve the atmosphere for future contacts between the sides.
Jan says Taiwan is ready for the visit at any time.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"We actually have mentioned several times that we have flexible timing. Spring is convenient, and we even gave the exact date, around April 29. If it's postponed to Autumn, it's also convenient for us. But anyway, they should give us an exact date, that's convenient for all of us, that's good for both sides to arrange their schedules."
SUPER CAPTION: Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General, Straits Exchange Foundation
But Taiwan has shown no indication of conceding to China's basic demand for resuming talks -- agreeing to discuss political issues relating to reunification.
Beijing cut off talks in anger over Taiwan's attempts to assert itself internationally.
China still considers the island a breakaway province with no rights to international recognition, and threatens to attack it if it declares formal independence.
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Drawn-out talks to arrange a visit by China's top Taiwan negotiator have moved a step closer with a visit to Beijing of a Taiwanese intermediary.
Before his arrival on Sunday, Jan Jih-horng said he hoped to settle details of Wang Daohan's visit, which China has said will come this autumn.
Taiwan hopes Wang's visit will help nudge the sides towards restoring dialogue suspended by China in 1995.
Taiwanese intermediary, Jan Jih-horng, flew into Beijing International Airport on Sunday for a three-day visit.
Jan is deputy secretary general of the Straits Exchange Foundation - a semi-official organisation which Taipei uses to handle contacts with Beijing in the absence of official ties.
His mission is to prepare the way for a visit by China's top Taiwan negotiator, Wang Daohan.
Wang's visit would reciprocate a trip to China by his Taiwanese counterpart, Koo Chen-fu, last October.
Taiwan hopes to arrange for Wang to visit several cities on the island and meet notable Taiwanese politicians, businessmen, religious figures and scholars.
Jan says it's time for both sides to resume talks.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"The systematic negotiations has been stopped for four years. The Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straights has left the table for four years. It's time to come back."
SUPER CAPTION: Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General, Straits Exchange Foundation
Taiwan had originally expected Wang to come this spring, but planning for his visit has proceeded at a slow pace.
A successful visit by Wang could improve the atmosphere for future contacts between the sides.
Jan says Taiwan is ready for the visit at any time.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"We actually have mentioned several times that we have flexible timing. Spring is convenient, and we even gave the exact date, around April 29. If it's postponed to Autumn, it's also convenient for us. But anyway, they should give us an exact date, that's convenient for all of us, that's good for both sides to arrange their schedules."
SUPER CAPTION: Jan Jih-horng, Deputy Secretary General, Straits Exchange Foundation
But Taiwan has shown no indication of conceding to China's basic demand for resuming talks -- agreeing to discuss political issues relating to reunification.
Beijing cut off talks in anger over Taiwan's attempts to assert itself internationally.
China still considers the island a breakaway province with no rights to international recognition, and threatens to attack it if it declares formal independence.
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AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt confirms that no 1992 consensus exists
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DPP legislators seized on comments by the top US representative in Taiwan, to claim that the United States no longer endorses the notion of a "1992 consensus," ...
DPP legislators seized on comments by the top US representative in Taiwan, to claim that the United States no longer endorses the notion of a "1992 consensus," which has been framed by China as a prerequisite to peaceful cross-strait relations. While the Tsai administration affirmed the comments, KMT lawmakers said they respected the US position despite its clash with their party''s policy line. Raymond Burghardt AIT Chairman In all the times that I met with Wang Daohan or Koo Chen-fu, they never called it that, they never called it the 1992 consensus as that name did not exist. Raymond Burghardt’s remarks represent the first time that a US government official has publicly denied the existence of a “1992 consensus,” a position which the Tsai administration echoed.Chang Hsiao-yuehMainland Affairs Council Minister "The position of our government is to respect the historical fact that talks were held in 1992, and to seek common ground and a shared understanding despite our differences."In the eight years before Tsai took office, the administration of Ma Ying-jeou framed the so-called "1992 consensus" as the cornerstone of peaceful relations between China and Taiwan. These recent comments by the top United States representative in Taiwan have received different interpretations by legislators from the KMT and DPP.Lo Chih-chengDPP Legislator The United States is no longer endorsing China''s “1992 consensus,” and it thinks that the position and principle behind President Tsai’s proposed cross-strait policy should be enough to allow Beijing to save face while making the next step.Lin Te-fuKMT Legislator We respect what he said but we think the 1992 consensus can allow for good cross-strait interaction and should be maintained. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office earlier announced that it had suspended cross-strait communication, though Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chang Hsiao-yueh remains hopeful the new administration can continue to develop cross-strait relations within the current political climate.
wn.com/Ait Chairman Raymond Burghardt Confirms That No 1992 Consensus Exists
DPP legislators seized on comments by the top US representative in Taiwan, to claim that the United States no longer endorses the notion of a "1992 consensus," which has been framed by China as a prerequisite to peaceful cross-strait relations. While the Tsai administration affirmed the comments, KMT lawmakers said they respected the US position despite its clash with their party''s policy line. Raymond Burghardt AIT Chairman In all the times that I met with Wang Daohan or Koo Chen-fu, they never called it that, they never called it the 1992 consensus as that name did not exist. Raymond Burghardt’s remarks represent the first time that a US government official has publicly denied the existence of a “1992 consensus,” a position which the Tsai administration echoed.Chang Hsiao-yuehMainland Affairs Council Minister "The position of our government is to respect the historical fact that talks were held in 1992, and to seek common ground and a shared understanding despite our differences."In the eight years before Tsai took office, the administration of Ma Ying-jeou framed the so-called "1992 consensus" as the cornerstone of peaceful relations between China and Taiwan. These recent comments by the top United States representative in Taiwan have received different interpretations by legislators from the KMT and DPP.Lo Chih-chengDPP Legislator The United States is no longer endorsing China''s “1992 consensus,” and it thinks that the position and principle behind President Tsai’s proposed cross-strait policy should be enough to allow Beijing to save face while making the next step.Lin Te-fuKMT Legislator We respect what he said but we think the 1992 consensus can allow for good cross-strait interaction and should be maintained. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office earlier announced that it had suspended cross-strait communication, though Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chang Hsiao-yueh remains hopeful the new administration can continue to develop cross-strait relations within the current political climate.
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CHINA: TAIWANESE ENVOY KOO VISITS STOCK EXCHANGE
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Taiwan's chief envoy Koo Chen-fu is pressing his practical agenda in China, as he continues his visit to Shanghai for talks with Chinese counte...
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Taiwan's chief envoy Koo Chen-fu is pressing his practical agenda in China, as he continues his visit to Shanghai for talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Daohan.
Taiwan wants to focus the talks - the first for five years - on economic issues.
After touring Shanghai's Pudong district on Thursday, Koo was shown around the city's fledgling stock exchange.
Koo Chen-fu continued to push his agenda during a sightseeing tour on Thursday.
Taiwan's top negotiator visited the stock exchange after touring Shanghai's Pudong district, a swathe of farmland transformed over the past decade into a collection of factories and office towers.
The stock exchange here opened at the beginning of the year.
China has plans to transform this district into the financial centre of the country.
Koo marvelled at Shanghai's fast paced, high-rise growth.
He encouraged a more open system of trading in China.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"We need an open and fair business dealings, a stricter legal system should be established as well as a transparent management in order to establish a normal order, however we always know that the stock market always suffers setback from problems with the economic
infrastructure. We have to get fully prepared to overcome it."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan negotiator
At present, only one or two Taiwanese companies are listed on the Chinese markets.
This is because China has strict barriers preventing them from investing here.
As a result, new stock exchanges, such as this one in Shanghai, remain flat.
Experts say increased investment from healthy Taiwanese businesses would lift the markets and benefit the flagging state-run companies already in existence.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Most of the companies here are the previously state-owned enterprises. These state- owned enterprises - some of them are good companies but most of them are yet to learn how to operate in an international market, whereas in Taiwan, where we see a lot of good electronics companies as well as a lot of manufacturers, mass manufacturers who have been very successful internationally, and if they were to be able to court their investment in the domestic stock market to raise their liquidity here, it would definitely, in the other way, help to raise the quality of the different companies in China."
SUPER CAPTION: Hoong Yik Luen, Director of Chinese research for ING Barings Securities
Taiwanese business executives - who have committed 35 (b) billion U-S dollars in investment in China over the past decade - met Koo over lunch.
Again, Koo alluded to his practical agenda - the importance of economic ties between the two rivals.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"The two sides should be discussed with each other to comply with the interests of the two people. In the agreement it is mentioned
that the benefit of the Taiwanese investors should be further
discussed. We hope that we can at an early point, hold
consultations to establish a normal order for economic and trade
relations between the two sides that will allow each of you to feel
secure and at ease in investing on the mainland."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan negotiator
Taiwan's top negotiator then prepared to meet his Chinese counterpart to try anew to bridge differences that have chilled relations.
The envoy was scheduled to meet, dine and watch a traditional Beijing opera with Wang Daohan.
In an indication of the hopes China is placing on the visit, Koo will meet Chinese President Jiang and Vice Premier Qian Qichen over the weekend in Beijing.
Both sides are under pressure to achieve an accommodation.
Better ties would likely help the Nationalists win business support in December's general elections.
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Taiwan's chief envoy Koo Chen-fu is pressing his practical agenda in China, as he continues his visit to Shanghai for talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Daohan.
Taiwan wants to focus the talks - the first for five years - on economic issues.
After touring Shanghai's Pudong district on Thursday, Koo was shown around the city's fledgling stock exchange.
Koo Chen-fu continued to push his agenda during a sightseeing tour on Thursday.
Taiwan's top negotiator visited the stock exchange after touring Shanghai's Pudong district, a swathe of farmland transformed over the past decade into a collection of factories and office towers.
The stock exchange here opened at the beginning of the year.
China has plans to transform this district into the financial centre of the country.
Koo marvelled at Shanghai's fast paced, high-rise growth.
He encouraged a more open system of trading in China.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"We need an open and fair business dealings, a stricter legal system should be established as well as a transparent management in order to establish a normal order, however we always know that the stock market always suffers setback from problems with the economic
infrastructure. We have to get fully prepared to overcome it."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan negotiator
At present, only one or two Taiwanese companies are listed on the Chinese markets.
This is because China has strict barriers preventing them from investing here.
As a result, new stock exchanges, such as this one in Shanghai, remain flat.
Experts say increased investment from healthy Taiwanese businesses would lift the markets and benefit the flagging state-run companies already in existence.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Most of the companies here are the previously state-owned enterprises. These state- owned enterprises - some of them are good companies but most of them are yet to learn how to operate in an international market, whereas in Taiwan, where we see a lot of good electronics companies as well as a lot of manufacturers, mass manufacturers who have been very successful internationally, and if they were to be able to court their investment in the domestic stock market to raise their liquidity here, it would definitely, in the other way, help to raise the quality of the different companies in China."
SUPER CAPTION: Hoong Yik Luen, Director of Chinese research for ING Barings Securities
Taiwanese business executives - who have committed 35 (b) billion U-S dollars in investment in China over the past decade - met Koo over lunch.
Again, Koo alluded to his practical agenda - the importance of economic ties between the two rivals.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"The two sides should be discussed with each other to comply with the interests of the two people. In the agreement it is mentioned
that the benefit of the Taiwanese investors should be further
discussed. We hope that we can at an early point, hold
consultations to establish a normal order for economic and trade
relations between the two sides that will allow each of you to feel
secure and at ease in investing on the mainland."
SUPER CAPTION: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan negotiator
Taiwan's top negotiator then prepared to meet his Chinese counterpart to try anew to bridge differences that have chilled relations.
The envoy was scheduled to meet, dine and watch a traditional Beijing opera with Wang Daohan.
In an indication of the hopes China is placing on the visit, Koo will meet Chinese President Jiang and Vice Premier Qian Qichen over the weekend in Beijing.
Both sides are under pressure to achieve an accommodation.
Better ties would likely help the Nationalists win business support in December's general elections.
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USA: TAIWAN DELEGATION
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A delegation of officials from Taiwan's newly elected government are seeking U-S support for a renewal of talks with mainland China.
Lin...
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A delegation of officials from Taiwan's newly elected government are seeking U-S support for a renewal of talks with mainland China.
Lin Chong-Pin, a member of the group, says the most important thing right now is for officials of China and Taiwan to sit down and talk.
Lin and others from the group may meet with officials of the Clinton administration during their trip to Washington D-C this week.
Lin, the vice chairman of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, was in Washington D-C on Thursday looking to press the case for talks with the mainland.
Taiwan's newly elected president, Chen Shui-bian, has softened his pro-independence stance.
But for now, Beijing won't agree to Chen's call for a peace summit until he accepts Beijing's one-China principle.
Lin says Taiwan is ready to welcome China's point man on Taiwan, Wang Daohan, to discuss the matter.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"So our people would like to see Mr. Wang (Daohan) come to Taiwan, and our people have been preparing for his visit. And while....I can say we are quite prepared for him to come. And we do not exclude the possibility, if Mr. Wang has difficulty in coming, Dr. Koo (Chen-fu) in his very advanced age would mind making another trip to the mainland. And we do not exclude the possibility either that perhaps further down the road we can send another letter inviting Mr. Wang to come."
SUPER CAPTION: Chong-Pin Lin, vice chairman, Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council
Chong says Taiwan would encourage a U-S role as a "facilitator" of a cross-strait dialogue, but not a role as negotiator.
It was a reference made to comments by his boss, council chief Tsai Ing-wen.
She has said she doesn't want the U-S to mediate talks with Beijing.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We think not only the United States, all parties involved and all countries in the region should also think of facilitating the cross-strait dialogue, because it is a shared common interest to see peace and stability in the region."
SUPER CAPTION: Chong-Pin Lin, vice chairman, Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council.
China is pressuring Chen to agree on the one-China principle.
Beijing says Taiwan is a breakaway province and must be reunited with the mainland.
Chen thinks the concept is vague but has agreed to discuss it with China at a peace summit.
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A delegation of officials from Taiwan's newly elected government are seeking U-S support for a renewal of talks with mainland China.
Lin Chong-Pin, a member of the group, says the most important thing right now is for officials of China and Taiwan to sit down and talk.
Lin and others from the group may meet with officials of the Clinton administration during their trip to Washington D-C this week.
Lin, the vice chairman of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, was in Washington D-C on Thursday looking to press the case for talks with the mainland.
Taiwan's newly elected president, Chen Shui-bian, has softened his pro-independence stance.
But for now, Beijing won't agree to Chen's call for a peace summit until he accepts Beijing's one-China principle.
Lin says Taiwan is ready to welcome China's point man on Taiwan, Wang Daohan, to discuss the matter.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"So our people would like to see Mr. Wang (Daohan) come to Taiwan, and our people have been preparing for his visit. And while....I can say we are quite prepared for him to come. And we do not exclude the possibility, if Mr. Wang has difficulty in coming, Dr. Koo (Chen-fu) in his very advanced age would mind making another trip to the mainland. And we do not exclude the possibility either that perhaps further down the road we can send another letter inviting Mr. Wang to come."
SUPER CAPTION: Chong-Pin Lin, vice chairman, Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council
Chong says Taiwan would encourage a U-S role as a "facilitator" of a cross-strait dialogue, but not a role as negotiator.
It was a reference made to comments by his boss, council chief Tsai Ing-wen.
She has said she doesn't want the U-S to mediate talks with Beijing.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We think not only the United States, all parties involved and all countries in the region should also think of facilitating the cross-strait dialogue, because it is a shared common interest to see peace and stability in the region."
SUPER CAPTION: Chong-Pin Lin, vice chairman, Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council.
China is pressuring Chen to agree on the one-China principle.
Beijing says Taiwan is a breakaway province and must be reunited with the mainland.
Chen thinks the concept is vague but has agreed to discuss it with China at a peace summit.
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CHINA: CHINA/TAIWAN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS (V)
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China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years on Wednesday, amid mixed signals that the estranged rivals from the Chinese civil ...
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China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years on Wednesday, amid mixed signals that the estranged rivals from the Chinese civil war were ready to resume formal negotiations.
Koo Chen-fu and Wang Daohan, elder statesmen charged with shepherding Taiwan- China ties in the absence of formal channels, hugged, smiled and said the lapse since their first and only meeting in Singapore in 1993 gave them much to talk about.
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China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years on Wednesday, amid mixed signals that the estranged rivals from the Chinese civil war were ready to resume formal negotiations.
Koo Chen-fu and Wang Daohan, elder statesmen charged with shepherding Taiwan- China ties in the absence of formal channels, hugged, smiled and said the lapse since their first and only meeting in Singapore in 1993 gave them much to talk about.
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Edit Deccan Chronicle 10 Jul 2016
Seoul ... The warning followed Washington's blacklisting of the isolated state's leader Kim Jong Un for alleged human rights abuses ... China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday that THAAD exceeded the security needs of the Korean Peninsula. "We have every reason, and the right, to question the real conspiracy behind this move," Wang was quoted by state news agency Xinhua as saying during a trip to Sri Lanka ... ....
South China Sea dispute: New testing ground for Asia's regional order
Edit The Jakarta Post 10 Jul 2016
"Any award it makes in disregard of the laws and facts is naturally not legally binding," said its Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday in a telephone conversation with his US counterpart John Kerry ... Kausikan said that Dai's visit, during which he met US National Security Adviser Susan Rice, and Kerry's call to Wang on Wednesday, ......
New gene discovery may help treat cancer, heart disease: study
Edit Indian Express 10 Jul 2016
Researchers have discovered a new gene that controls blood vessel formation ... The formation of this network is controlled by a process called angiogenesis, researchers said ... Related Article ... “Using different genetic techniques, we inhibited Wars2 function in both rats and zebrafish, and the resulting animals showed impairment of blood vessel formation within the heart and in the rest of the body,” said Mao Wang from Duke-NUS....
More than 1,100 Students Earn Spots on Dean's List (UTD - The University of Texas at Dallas)
Edit Public Technologies 10 Jul 2016
(Source. UTD - The University of Texas at Dallas). July 11, 2016. For the spring 2016 semester, 1,174 undergraduate students made the dean's list at The University of Texas at Dallas. The dean's list is published by the University's Office of Undergraduate Education at the conclusion of each fall and spring semester ... School of Arts and Humanities. Negeen Aghassibake ... Dustin Box ... Frederick Wang. Jiayang Wang ... Yue Wang. Angel Wang ... Yen-Chung Wang....
Dwyane Wade: The greatest sports story Miami’s ever told
Edit The Miami Herald 10 Jul 2016
It’s not that everyone has a Dwyane Wade story. That wouldn’t have made Miami, and surrounding South Florida, such a staggering, stuttering mess this week ... Not the slightest clue ... For the Magic City ... Maybe it was in the next series, when he slammed his arrival upon the crown of Pacers star Jermaine O’Neal, one of more than 100 men who would someday be his teammates, from Wang Zhi-Zhi and Kasib Powell to LeBron James and Chris Bosh ... Flash....
China promises to help Sri Lanka become a shipping hub
Edit Indian Express 09 Jul 2016
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday his country will align its maritime silk road project with Sri Lanka’s development plans to enable the island nation to become a shipping hub in the Indian Ocean. Wang’s comments came after meeting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, starting a two-day visit ... Wang said however that China’s relations with Sri Lanka does not target any other nation....
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