Important meetings between Taiwan and China: an overview

The historic meeting between Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) is the first direct contact between the top leaders from both sides since Taiwan and China split at the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949.

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