CPC, PFP leaders meet
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Updated: 2005-05-12 14:25

James Soong, chairman of Taiwan's opposition People First Party, gestures during a news conference in Beijing May 12, 2005. China's Communist Party and Taiwan's opposition People First Party proposed on Thursday a new political framework for Beijing and Taipei to resume dialogue, stalled since 1999. The Chinese character above reads as "bridge" as Soong visit is considered to be "bridge-building" trip. [Reuters]