![]() ![]() The numbers cited by Ma in the Nov 7 speech reflected that achievement: the annual 8 million trips by people across the Straits, and the $170 billion trade volume. The cross-Straits relationship has enjoyed the greatest peace and prosperity in the last seven years since Ma Ying-jeou became the leader of Taiwan. ![]() The ice-breaking trip took place amid disturbing behavior by then Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian. Then in April 2005, then Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan made a historic trip to the Chinese mainland to meet Hu Jintao, then general secretary of the Communist Party of China. They reached the so-called "1992 Consensus", which basically says that there is only one China. In April, 1993, Wang Daohan, president of the Chinese mainland-based Association for Relations across the Taiwan Straits and Koo Chen-fu, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, also met in Singapore to push for exchanges and cooperation. The courage and flexibility displayed by the handshake and meeting is encouraging, reminding many of other historic moves made in past decades. It was the first such meeting between leaders on the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. ![]() The meeting on Nov 7 between leaders from two sides of the Taiwan Straits has been regarded as not only significant to the cross-Straits relations but also to China-US relations. ![]()
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