Media suggest that 2014 APEC meeting, scheduled in Beijing in fall, would be an appropriate occasion for Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou to meet.
The Kuomintang honorary chairman leading a delegation departed Taiwan on Monday afternoon for a four-day visit to the mainland where he is slated to meet CPC leader Xi Jinping.
The mainland remains positive and open about a possible meeting between leaders from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, a mainland spokeswoman said.
A Chinese mainland spokeswoman said on Monday that the mainland hopes the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can make good use of the new communication mechanism which was nailed down during a meeting between cross-Straits affairs chiefs last week.
Kuomintang Honorary Chairman Lien Chan will lead a delegation from Taiwan to visit Beijing, the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said.
Participants run at Tsim Sha Tsui as they compete in the Hong Kong Marathon Feb 16, 2014. More than 75,000 people took part in the 10-km, half-marathon and marathon races in the territory on Sunday, organizers said.
Taiwan's mainland affairs chief, Wang Yu-chi, left Shanghai for Taipei at noon on Friday after a four-day visit to the Chinese mainland.
Cross-Straits affairs chiefs from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan enjoyed a chat over tea on Thursday evening at the Peace Hotel in Shanghai, carrying on the legacy of another historic meeting in the same place in 1998.
Kuomintang Honorary Chairman Lien Chan will lead a delegation from Taiwan to visit the Chinese mainland this month, a mainland spokeswoman announced on Friday.
Taiwan's mainland affairs chief, Wang Yu-chi, on Wednesday paid tribute at the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a renowned statesman who led the revolution ending imperial rule in China.
The liaison mechanism will aim at tackling major divergences and facilitating all-round development of cross-Straits relations.
The Chinese mainland and Taiwan on Tuesday agreed to regular communication between their cross-Straits affairs departments.
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