Taiwan and China meet for highest level talks since 1949

Chinese President Hu Jintao and Taiwan’s opposition leader met Friday in the highest-level contact between the two sides since they split amid civil war in 1949.

Fri, 29 Apr, 2005 - 10:34

Chinese President Hu Jintao and Taiwan’s opposition leader met Friday in the highest-level contact between the two sides since they split amid civil war in 1949.

The visit by Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan caps a reconciliation between the Nationalists and their former communist enemies.

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