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World leaders quash qualms, go to Olympic opening
PARIS - To go or not to go -- world leaders invited to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics faced a choice riddled with risks.
Nations:Australia Brazil France U.K. North Korea Zimbabwe People:Dalai Lama Kevin Rudd Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Wu Poh-hsiung Angela Merkel Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-08-06
China, Taiwan sign historic deals on travel
BEIJING, June 13, 2008 (AFP) - China and Taiwan signed historic agreements on Friday that from next month will see thousands more people travel every day between the two traditional rivals.
People:Wu Poh-hsiung Ma Ying-jeou Chen Shui-bian Hu Jintao Activities:2008 Cross-strait Talk Source:(AFP)
2008-06-13
China, Taiwan agree to exchanges during historic talks
BEIJING (AFP) - China and Taiwan agreed on Thursday to set up their first ever offices in each others' territories, as they began historic talks aimed at consolidating a dramatic rapprochement and building trade ties.
People:Chiang Pin-kun Wu Poh-hsiung Ma Ying-jeou Chen Shui-bian Hu Jintao Activities:2008 Cross-strait Talk Source:(AFP)
2008-06-12
Taiwan envoy in China for historic talks
BEIJING (AFP) - Taiwan's top China negotiator arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for historic talks in which the two rivals will seek to build on a recent improvement in once icy cross-strait relations.
People:Chiang Pin-kun Wu Poh-hsiung Ma Ying-jeou Chen Shui-bian Hu Jintao Sun Yat-sen Activities:2008 Cross-strait Talk Source:(AFP)
2008-06-12
China's Hu calls for peace with Taiwan at historic meeting
Chinese President Hu Jintao called for peaceful relations with Taiwan as he met the head of the island's ruling party here Wednesday in the highest-level contact since the two sides split in 1949.
Nations:China People:Ma Ying-jeou Chen Shui-bian Hu Jintao Sun Yat-sen Wu Poh-hsiung Activities:Wu Poh-hsiung Visits China Ma Ying-jeou Admin. 2008 Taiwan Election China Hu Jintao Admin.
2008-05-28
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