Chen Deming, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday for a new round of cross-Straits talks.
Former editor-in-chief of local newspaper Ming Pao Kevin Lau was assaulted on Wednesday by an unidentified attacker on the Hong Kong Island.
In Luoshan Village in eastern Taiwan, where mainland tourists and investors are rarely seen, green rice paddies offer a link between local farmers and the rest of China.
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang said Wednesday that the government should strive to ensure that there is sufficient capacity to receive visitors.
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang said Wednesday that the government should strive to ensure that there is sufficient capacity to receive visitors.
Agreements will help both sides across the Taiwan Straits to conduct regular meteorological and seismic cooperation through official channels.
Chen Deming, president of the Chinese mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday for a new round of cross-Straits talks.
"Taiwan independence" will not win the support of Taiwan people and is doomed to be opposed by people from across the strait, said a mainland spokesman on Wednesday.
Hong Kong's Chief Executive C Y Leung met visiting Governor of Heilongjiang province Lu Hao at the Government House to exchange views on issues of mutual concern.
President of Peking University Wang Enge, left, awards the title of Honorary Professor at Peking University to Lien Chan, honorary chairman of Kuomintang (KMT), in Beijing, China, Feb 19, 2014.
Beijing opposes a Japanese initiative aiming to draw up an act that would "lay the legal basis" to foster ties between Tokyo and Taiwan.
Beijing respects the social system adopted by Taiwan and is ready to have "equal" talks.