Ma-Xi meeting has five characteristics: president

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said Thursday that his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) will be a historic landmark featuring five characteristics, the first being that it will be the first time the leaders of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will have met.

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