More Signs Of Detente Between China And Taiwan

Senior officials from Taiwan and China have begun talks in Taipei to finalise the details of a controversial trade deal. Photo AFP

China, Taiwan To Sign Breakthrough Trade Deal -- Christian Science Monitor

China and Taiwan are completing an agreement to increase bilateral trade. Taiwan's government says the trade deal will boost economic growth; the opposition party says it will erode sovereignty.

China and Taiwan have wrapped up negotiations on a landmark trade agreement that would cut tariffs on a range of goods and services and establish a formal framework for economic ties, officials from both sides said Thursday in Taipei.

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More News On China - Taiwan Relations

Taiwan and China agree terms of landmark trade deal -- Reuters
Taiwan, China to Sign Trade Pact -- Wall Street Journal
China, Taiwan to Sign Trade Accord as Relations Thaw -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Taiwan, China talks set stage for trade pact -- AFP
China, Taiwan set to take one step closer to historic rapprochement -- Montreal Gazette/Canwest

My Comment: This agreement is a good sign .... and it formalizes what has been happening between the two countries since the early 1980s.

When I was in China in 1988 I stayed in Fujian Province, a province that is across from Taiwan. Even then .... Taiwanese businessmen were in China, and were involved in business deals and transactions. I am not surprised by these transactions .... family ties run both ways, and even though politics may separate governments, they do not separate families, peoples, and the flow of money.