China & Taiwan sign deal to promote cross-strait investment
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Taiwan and China have signed a landmark agreement to promote mainland Chinese investment on the island for the first time in six decades. It's the latest sign of warming relations since Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou took office a year ago, promising closer ties with the mainland. Other deals were also signed to expand air links and joint crime fighting efforts. But Taiwan's pro-independence opposition has hit out at the deals, which it sees as part of Beijing's unification strategy. China views Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to bring the island under its rule, by force if necessary. Andrew Yang, the Secretary General of the Chinese Council for Advanced Policy Studies in Taiwan, says the deals are a big step forward in cross-strait relations.
Presenter: Joanna McCarthy
Speakers: Andrew Yang, the Secretary General of the Chinese Council for Advanced Policy Studies in Taiwani
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