Chiang Pin-kun, vice-chairman of the Taiwan-based Chinese Kuomintang Party, waves to the reporters upon arrival at the Capital International Airport in Beijing March 30, 2005. Chiang and his delegation will meet senior officials from the Communist Party of China before the end of KMT's first formal visit to the mainland since the group fled to Taiwan in 1949. [newsphoto]

Chiang Pin-kun, vice-chairman of the Taiwan-based Chinese Kuomintang Party, is surrounded by reporters upon arrival at the Capital International Airport in Beijing March 30, 2005. [newsphoto]

Chiang Pin-kun, vice-chairman of the Taiwan-based Chinese Kuomintang Party, leaves the Capital International Airport in Beijing March 30, 2005. [newsphoto]