Economic ties the basis of China Taiwan relations

Updated March 13, 2009 12:40:29

The annual meeting of China's National Peoples' Congress winds up today.

The state of the economy has dominated the meeting but improving relations with Taiwan came a close second. In his address to the Congress prime minister Wen Jiabao talked about Beijing's readiness to reach a peace agreement with Taiwan and of the possibility of political and military talks. But the director of China's Taiwan Affairs Office says for the present cross straits relations should only focus on economic ties.

Presenter: Kanaha Sabapathy
Speaker: Emile Sheng, professor of political science, Soochow University

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