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Taiwan's Chiang in interview

Taiwan's Chiang in interview

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung, former chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, emphasizes the importance of Japan and China cooperatively contributing to the stability and prosperity of Asia as leaders during an interview with Kyodo News in Taipei in October 2014.

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Taiwan, China sign investment, customs pacts

Taiwan, China sign investment, customs pacts

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (R front), chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen Yunlin (L front), chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, hold documents after signing two trade agreements in Taipei on Aug. 9, 2012. Taiwan and China signed agreements on investment protection and customs cooperation under the framework of a landmark economic cooperation pact concluded in June 2010.

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China, Taiwan sign nuclear power safety pact

China, Taiwan sign nuclear power safety pact

TIANJIN, China - Chen Yunlin (R), chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, shake hands in Tianjin, China, on Oct. 20, 2011, after signing an agreement to cooperate on nuclear power safety.

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China, Taiwan sign nuclear power safety pact

China, Taiwan sign nuclear power safety pact

TIANJIN, China - Chen Yunlin (R), chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, shake hands in Tianjin, China, on Oct. 20, 2011, at the outset of a meeting. China and Taiwan signed an agreement to cooperate on nuclear power safety.

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Taiwan, China sign crucial free trade deal

Taiwan, China sign crucial free trade deal

CHONGQING, China - Chiang Pin-kung (L, front), head of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen Yunlin (R, front), head of China's Association for Relations Across the Strait, raise their glasses during a signing ceremony in Chongqing, China, on June 29, 2010, after the two sides signed a landmark free trade agreement.

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Taiwan, China sign crucial free trade deal

Taiwan, China sign crucial free trade deal

CHONGQING, China - Chiang Pin-kung (L), head of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen Yunlin, head of China's Association for Relations Across the Strait, hold up documents on a free trade agreement during a signing ceremony in Chongqing, China, on June 29, 2010. The two sides signed a landmark free trade agreement that promises to exert a profound influence on the cross-strait relationship.

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Taiwan, China sign crucial free trade deal

Taiwan, China sign crucial free trade deal

CHONGQING, China - Chiang Pin-kung (L), head of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen Yunlin, head of China's Association for Relations Across the Strait, shake hands after signing a free trade agreement in Chongqing, China, on June 29, 2010.

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Taiwan, China delegations meet over trade deal

Taiwan, China delegations meet over trade deal

CHONGQING, China - Chiang Pin-kung, head of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, attends a meeting with his Chinese counterpart over a signing of a limited free trade agreement in Chongqing, China, on June 29, 2010.

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Taiwan, China delegations meet over trade deal

Taiwan, China delegations meet over trade deal

CHONGQING, China - Chen Yunlin (R), head of China's Association for Relations Across the Strait, shakes hands with Chiang Pin-kung, head of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, during a meeting over a signing of a limited free trade agreement in Chongqing, China, on June 29, 2010.

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (R), Taiwan's top envoy to China, and his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin shake hands after exchanging a document containing three trade accords in Taichung, Taiwan, on Dec. 22, 2009. Chiang, who heads the Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen, who heads the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, reached the agreements setting the stage for a landmark partial free trade pact.

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (R), Taiwan's top envoy to China, and his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin raise their glasses after exchanging a document containing three trade accords in Taichung, Taiwan, on Dec. 22, 2009. Chiang, who heads the Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen, who heads the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, reached the agreements setting the stage for a landmark partial free trade pact.

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (C, R), Taiwan's top envoy to China, and his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin shake hands after exchanging a document containing three trade accords in Taichung, Taiwan, on Dec. 22, 2009. Chiang, who heads the Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen, who heads the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, reached the agreements setting the stage for a landmark partial free trade pact.

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung, Taiwan's top envoy to China and the head of Taipei's Straits Exchange Foundation, attend talks on Taiwan-China economic cooperation on Dec. 22, 2009, in Taichung, Taiwan. Chiang held talks with his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin as part of a new round of negotiations that have set the stage for a partial free trade agreement between the two sides.

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chen Yunlin, China's top envoy to Taiwan and the head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, attend talks on Taiwan-China economic cooperation on Dec. 22, 2009, in Taichung, Taiwan. Chen held talks with his Taiwanese counterpart, Chiang Pin-kung, as part of a new round of negotiations that have set the stage for a partial free trade agreement between the two sides.

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (L), the head of Taipei's Straits Exchange Foundation, welcomes China's Chen Yunlin, the head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits in Taichung, Taiwan, ahead of their talks on economic cooperation.

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Taiwan, China top envoys meet

Taiwan, China top envoys meet

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (R), Taiwan's top envoy to China and the head of Taipei's Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen Yunlin, China's top envoy to Taiwan and the head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, shake hands during a meeting on economic cooperation on Dec. 22, 2009, in Taichung, Taiwan.

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China trade envoy arrives in Taiwan

China trade envoy arrives in Taiwan

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chen Yunlin (C, R), head of the Chinese Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, shakes hands with Chiang Pin-kung (L), head of the Straits Exchange Foundation of Taiwan, during a ceremony in Taichung on Dec. 21, 2009. Chen arrived in the city for bilateral trade talks.

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China trade envoy arrives in Taiwan

China trade envoy arrives in Taiwan

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chen Yunlin (R), head of the Chinese Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, speaks during a ceremony after arriving in Taichung on Dec. 21, 2009, for bilateral trade talks with Chiang Pin-kung (L), head of the Straits Exchange Foundation of Taiwan.

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Taiwan's top China envoy tenders resignation

Taiwan's top China envoy tenders resignation

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's top envoy to China Chiang Pin-kung (in this file photo) said May 6 that he wants to quit his post as chief of the semigovernmental agency Straits Exchange Foundation.

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China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

NANJING, China - Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, holds talks with Chen Yunlin (back to camera in front L), president of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, in Nanjing, China, on April 26.

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China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

NANJING, China - Chen Yunlin (R), president of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and his Taiwanese counterpart Chiang Pin-kung (L), chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, hold documents inked by them in Nanjing, China, on April 26. The two sides agreed on regularly scheduled flights across the Taiwan Strait, financial services and cooperation in fighting crime.

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China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

NANJING, China - Chen Yunlin (R), president of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, holds talks with his Taiwanese counterpart Chiang Pin-kung (back to camera in front R), chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, in Nanjing, China, on April 26.

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China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

NANJING, China - Chen Yunlin (R), president of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and his Taiwanese counterpart Chiang Pin-kung (L), chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, shake hands before their talks in Nanjing, China, on April 26.

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Taiwan, China envoys meet for business talks

Taiwan, China envoys meet for business talks

SHENZHEN, China - Chiang Pin-kung (L), chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, Taiwan's semiofficial agency handling relations with Beijing, talks with Chen Yunlin, head of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, at a hotel in Shenzen on Jan. 7.

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Chinese delegation arrives in Taiwan for historic talks

Chinese delegation arrives in Taiwan for historic talks

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chen Yunlin (L), China's top envoy for Taiwan, and Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) toast during a dinner in Taipei on Nov. 3. Earlier in the day, the highest-level Chinese delegation led by Chen to visit Taiwan in nearly 60 years arrived in Taipei for landmark talks amid a mixed reception ranging from fanfare to protests.

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Taiwan, China sign crucial free trade deal

Taiwan, China sign crucial free trade deal

CHONGQING, China - Chiang Pin-kung (L, front), head of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen Yunlin (R, front), head of China's Association for Relations Across the Strait, raise their glasses during a signing ceremony in Chongqing, China, on June 29, 2010, after the two sides signed a landmark free trade agreement. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan, China sign crucial free trade deal

Taiwan, China sign crucial free trade deal

CHONGQING, China - Chiang Pin-kung (L), head of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen Yunlin, head of China's Association for Relations Across the Strait, shake hands after signing a free trade agreement in Chongqing, China, on June 29, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan, China sign crucial free trade deal

Taiwan, China sign crucial free trade deal

CHONGQING, China - Chiang Pin-kung (L), head of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen Yunlin, head of China's Association for Relations Across the Strait, hold up documents on a free trade agreement during a signing ceremony in Chongqing, China, on June 29, 2010. The two sides signed a landmark free trade agreement that promises to exert a profound influence on the cross-strait relationship. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan, China delegations meet over trade deal

Taiwan, China delegations meet over trade deal

CHONGQING, China - Chen Yunlin (R), head of China's Association for Relations Across the Strait, shakes hands with Chiang Pin-kung, head of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, during a meeting over a signing of a limited free trade agreement in Chongqing, China, on June 29, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan, China delegations meet over trade deal

Taiwan, China delegations meet over trade deal

CHONGQING, China - Chiang Pin-kung, head of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, attends a meeting with his Chinese counterpart over a signing of a limited free trade agreement in Chongqing, China, on June 29, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's top China envoy tenders resignation

Taiwan's top China envoy tenders resignation

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's top envoy to China Chiang Pin-kung (in this file photo) said May 6 that he wants to quit his post as chief of the semigovernmental agency Straits Exchange Foundation. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's KMT to continue boosting ties with Chinese Communists

Taiwan's KMT to continue boosting ties with Chinese Communists

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung, vice chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) who recently returned from a landmark visit to China, tells Taipei-based Japanese reporters on April 8 that his party will not heed calls by President Chen Shui-bian to break off ties with the Chinese Communist Party. (Kyodo)

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China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

NANJING, China - Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, holds talks with Chen Yunlin (back to camera in front L), president of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, in Nanjing, China, on April 26. (Kyodo)

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China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

NANJING, China - Chen Yunlin (R), president of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and his Taiwanese counterpart Chiang Pin-kung (L), chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, hold documents inked by them in Nanjing, China, on April 26. The two sides agreed on regularly scheduled flights across the Taiwan Strait, financial services and cooperation in fighting crime. (Kyodo)

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China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

NANJING, China - Chen Yunlin (R), president of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and his Taiwanese counterpart Chiang Pin-kung (L), chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, shake hands before their talks in Nanjing, China, on April 26. (Kyodo)

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China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

China, Taiwan ink accords on regular flights, financial services

NANJING, China - Chen Yunlin (R), president of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, holds talks with his Taiwanese counterpart Chiang Pin-kung (back to camera in front R), chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, in Nanjing, China, on April 26. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan, China envoys meet for business talks

Taiwan, China envoys meet for business talks

SHENZHEN, China - Chiang Pin-kung (L), chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, Taiwan's semiofficial agency handling relations with Beijing, talks with Chen Yunlin, head of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, at a hotel in Shenzen on Jan. 7. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (C, R), Taiwan's top envoy to China, and his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin shake hands after exchanging a document containing three trade accords in Taichung, Taiwan, on Dec. 22, 2009. Chiang, who heads the Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen, who heads the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, reached the agreements setting the stage for a landmark partial free trade pact. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (R), Taiwan's top envoy to China, and his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin raise their glasses after exchanging a document containing three trade accords in Taichung, Taiwan, on Dec. 22, 2009. Chiang, who heads the Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen, who heads the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, reached the agreements setting the stage for a landmark partial free trade pact. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade

(CORRECTED) Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (L), the head of Taipei's Straits Exchange Foundation, welcomes China's Chen Yunlin, the head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits in Taichung, Taiwan, ahead of their talks on economic cooperation. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (R), Taiwan's top envoy to China, and his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin shake hands after exchanging a document containing three trade accords in Taichung, Taiwan, on Dec. 22, 2009. Chiang, who heads the Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen, who heads the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, reached the agreements setting the stage for a landmark partial free trade pact. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chen Yunlin, China's top envoy to Taiwan and the head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, attend talks on Taiwan-China economic cooperation on Dec. 22, 2009, in Taichung, Taiwan. Chen held talks with his Taiwanese counterpart, Chiang Pin-kung, as part of a new round of negotiations that have set the stage for a partial free trade agreement between the two sides. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (R), Taiwan's top envoy to China, and Chen Yunlin, China's top envoy to Taiwan and the head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, shake hands during a meeting on economic cooperation on Dec. 22, 2009, in Taichung, Taiwan. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung, Taiwan's top envoy to China and the head of Taipei's Straits Exchange Foundation, attend talks on Taiwan-China economic cooperation on Dec. 22, 2009, in Taichung, Taiwan. Chiang held talks with his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin as part of a new round of negotiations that have set the stage for a partial free trade agreement between the two sides. (Kyodo)

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China trade envoy arrives in Taiwan

China trade envoy arrives in Taiwan

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chen Yunlin (R), head of the Chinese Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, speaks during a ceremony after arriving in Taichung on Dec. 21, 2009, for bilateral trade talks with Chiang Pin-kung (L), head of the Straits Exchange Foundation of Taiwan. (Kyodo)

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China trade envoy arrives in Taiwan

China trade envoy arrives in Taiwan

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chen Yunlin (C, R), head of the Chinese Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, shakes hands with Chiang Pin-kung (L), head of the Straits Exchange Foundation of Taiwan, during a ceremony in Taichung on Dec. 21, 2009. Chen arrived in the city for bilateral trade talks. (Kyodo)

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Chinese delegation arrives in Taiwan for historic talks

Chinese delegation arrives in Taiwan for historic talks

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chen Yunlin (L), China's top envoy for Taiwan, and Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) toast during a dinner in Taipei on Nov. 3. Earlier in the day, the highest-level Chinese delegation led by Chen to visit Taiwan in nearly 60 years arrived in Taipei for landmark talks amid a mixed reception ranging from fanfare to protests. (Kyodo)

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China, Taiwan sign nuclear power safety pact

China, Taiwan sign nuclear power safety pact

TIANJIN, China - Chen Yunlin (R), chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, shake hands in Tianjin, China, on Oct. 20, 2011, at the outset of a meeting. China and Taiwan signed an agreement to cooperate on nuclear power safety. (Kyodo)

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China, Taiwan sign nuclear power safety pact

China, Taiwan sign nuclear power safety pact

TIANJIN, China - Chen Yunlin (R), chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, shake hands in Tianjin, China, on Oct. 20, 2011, after signing an agreement to cooperate on nuclear power safety. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan, China top envoys meet

Taiwan, China top envoys meet

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (R), Taiwan's top envoy to China and the head of Taipei's Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen Yunlin, China's top envoy to Taiwan and the head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, shake hands during a meeting on economic cooperation on Dec. 22, 2009, in Taichung, Taiwan. (Kyodo)

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