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Chen Yunlin, chairman of Chinese
mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), and
Chiang Pin-kun, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation
(SEF) sign the agreements on cross-Strait weekend charted flights and
mainland tourists' traveling to Taiwan, in Beijing, China, June 13,
2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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Mainland, Taiwan hold travel
talks
BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland and
Taiwan negotiators started talks on mainland tourists' traveling to Taiwan here
on Thursday afternoon.
Sun Yafu and Li Bingcai, vice chairmen of the
mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),
discussed the issue with Kao Koong-lian, vice chairman and secretary-general of
Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF). Full story
Progress expected in talks between
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Chen Yunlin (R), chairman of Chinese
mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),
meets with Chiang Pin-kun, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange
Foundation (SEF) in Beijing, China, June 12, 2008. (Xinhua
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BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Talks between the
Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and the Chinese mainland's
Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) will produce
practical results, said Chiao Jen-ho, former SEF vice chairman and
secretary-general, on Thursday.
"The SEF-ARATS talks are facing a favorable
environment that we had never imagined before," Chiao told Xinhua in a telephone
interview. Full story
Mainland, Taiwan organizations to
exchange representative
offices
BEIJING, June 12
(Xinhua) -- The mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan
Strait (ARATS) and its Taiwan counterpart, Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), on
Thursday agreed to set up representative offices to each other's side.
Pang Chien-kuo, SEF deputy secretary-general, told the
press here the agreement was made at the meeting between ARATS Chairman Chen
Yunlin and SEF Chairman Chiang Pin-kun Thursday morning. Full story
Mainland's Taiwan affairs chief meets
Taiwan delegation
BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi, director of the
Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met
Taiwan's chief negotiator Chiang Pin-kun Thursday afternoon at the Diaoyutai
State Guesthouse in Beijing. Full story
SEF chairman Chiang Pin-kun pays
homage at Sun Yat-sen memorial
BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Chiang Pin-kun, the
Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) chairman, paid homage at the tomb
containing personal effects of Kuomintang (KMT) founder Sun Yat-sen here on
Thursday.
It was Chiang's second trip to the site. He previously
visited in 2005 when he was the then KMT vice chairman. Full story
Mainland chief negotiator to visit
Taiwan
BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Chen Yunlin, chairman of the
mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),
accepted his Taiwan counterpart's invitation to visit the island this year.
Chen accepted the offer during his talks with Chiang
Pin-kun, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) on
Thursday. The time for Chen's visit is not specified. Full story
Taiwan-based Straits Exchange
Foundation chairman arrives in Beijing
BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A delegation headed by the
Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Pin-kun arrived
in Beijing around 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday to attend talks with the Chinese
mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS).
It will be the first talks between the SEF and ARATS after
they resumed contact after a suspension of nine years. Full story
Taiwan-based SEF chairman departs for
talks with mainland counterpart
BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A delegation headed by the
Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Pin-kun left
Taipei for Beijing on Wednesday morning to attend talks with the Chinese
mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS).
It will be the first talks between the SEF and ARATS after
they resumed their talks after a suspension of nine years. Full story [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
