BEIJING, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung on Thursday morning left Beijing for Shanghai to continue his six-day mainland trip.

    Beijing was the second stop of his tour. His first stop was Nanjing.


Mainland-based association invites Taiwan counterpart for talks

    BEIJING, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Thursday sent a letter to the Taiwan-based Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF), inviting them for talks. Full story

KMT Chairman: Party exchanges across Taiwan Strait to play important role

    BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Exchanges between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) will play an important role in the relations across the Taiwan Strait, according to visiting KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung.Full story 

Hu says opportunity for cross-Strait relations should be cherished

   BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Hu Jintao met with Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon.Full story

KMT chairman: Efforts will avert cross-Strait conflict

    BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung said here Wednesday that natural disasters were unavoidable for both the mainland and Taiwan, "but we could promise that through concerted efforts, no war would occur across the Taiwan Strait."Full story

KMT chairman: mainland-Taiwan talks to resume soon

   BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The Mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) and the Taiwan-based Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) will resume talks as soon as possible, Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told a press conference here on Wednesday. Full story