Chinese leader Xi Jinping has held talks in Beijing with one of Taiwan’s former presidents, in a rare encounter just weeks before the next transfer of power in the democratic country.
Xi’s talks with Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday were the first since the two men met in Singapore nine years ago when Ma was still in office.
Xi praised Ma’s dedication to pursuing exchanges with China and his opposition to Taiwan independence, and invoked what he said was 5,000 years of shared history.
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