Ma-Xi meeting should be applauded: ex-White House official

With Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (習近平) soon in Singapore, Evan Medeiros, a China expert and former Asia chief on the U.S. National Security Council, praised the arrangement Tuesday as an important development in Northeast Asia.

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