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...week, ringing in a new era of cross-strait relations with unprecedented trade and transport agreements. It is the first time that a top Chinese official has come to Taiwan, the island off mainland China that claims autonomy, and China claims as its own. Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, who met with the high-ranking Beijing diplomat, has advocated closer economic ties with China and a more pragmatic approach to its sovereignty dispute...
Only seven months ago, Ma Ying-jeou was elected president of Taiwan by the largest margin of victory in the nation's history, and a big reason was his bold plan for linking Taiwan more closely to China. Ma believes that improved relations with a rapid-growth China will boost the island's own sagging economy. His program also lent hope that tensions could be reduced between Taiwan and China, which still regards Taiwan as a renegade province and claims sovereignty over the island. In a flurry of new policies, Ma opened Taiwan to Chinese tourists and investors and launched...
...less than three months that ma ying-jeou has been Taiwan's President, relations between Taipei and Beijing have seen the most rapid advancement in the six-decade standoff between the two governments. Ma has launched direct weekend charter flights between China and Taiwan, opened the island to mainland tourists, eased restrictions on Taiwan investment on the mainland and approved measures that will allow mainland investors to buy Taiwan stocks. But he still faces formidable challenges at home and abroad. Ahead of his first international diplomatic trip, to Paraguay and the Dominican Republic, Ma, 58, spoke with TIME's Zoher...
...less than three months Ma Ying-jeou has been Taiwan's president, relations between Taiwan and China have arguably seen the most rapid advancement in the six-decade standoff between the two governments. Ma launched direct weekend charter flights between China and Taiwan for the first time, opened Taiwan to mainland tourists, eased restrictions on Taiwan investment on the mainland and approved measures that will allow mainland investors to buy Taiwan stocks. Yet the road towards his ultimate goal - peaceful relations with Beijing - is still fraught with political challenges. Ahead of his first international diplomatic trip, Taiwan President Ma Ying...
During his campaign for Taiwan's presidency, Ma Ying-jeou struck a conciliatory note with rival China, telling TIME he wanted to "make friends" with Taiwan's giant - and often very unfriendly - neighbor. Since sweeping to a landslide victory in March, Ma has largely followed up on that sentiment, inaugurating the first non-stop charter service between China and Taiwan since the two split during China's 1949 civil war, and taking steps to loosen regulations limiting Taiwanese investment in the mainland's booming economy...