China, Taiwan hold first direct talks since 1949 split
Source: Washington Post
By Simon Denyer, Tuesday, February 11, 4:22 AM
BEIJING — China and Taiwan held their first official government-to-government talks on Tuesday since splitting during a civil war in 1949, in an attempt to forge closer economic links and reduce tensions over the thorny issue of eventual re-unification.
Tuesday afternoon’s talks in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing may not yield much, but that they are taking place is a breakthrough in itself. Beijing refuses to formally acknowledge the government in Taiwan, which it considers a breakaway province, and previous negotiations on cross-strait relations have been conducted by quasi-official representatives rather than government officials.
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