Chinese President Xi meets former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on pro-unification visit

China’s Xi hosts former Taiwan president in Beijing, in rare meeting echoing bygone era of warmer ties

Chinese leader Xi Jinping shakes hands with then Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou before their meeting in Singapore on November 7, 2015.

President Xi Jinping Meets Ex-Taiwan Leader Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing

President Xi Jinping Meets Ex-Taiwan Leader Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing - China’s leader calls for joint efforts to pursue peaceful reunification saying ‘There is no rancor that cannot be resolved’

China’s Xi hosts former Taiwan president in Beijing, in rare meeting echoing bygone era of warmer ties

By Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping held rare talks on Wednesday with a former president of Taiwan who supports closer ties with China, a highly unusual meeting just weeks before the democratic island swears in a new leader Beijing openly loathes. Ma Ying-jeou, who led Taiwan

China’s Xi meets Taiwan’s ex-President Ma ahead of inauguration of island's new president next month

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China's Xi Jinping meets former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday reasserted China's territorial claim on democratic Taiwan, likening it to a "family reunion," in a meeting with former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, who is currently on a controversial tour of China. "Differences in systems don't change the fact that we belong to one nation and one people," Xi told Ma, according to video footage of the meeting broadcast by Taiwan's TVBS. "Our reunification cannot be prevented b…

China’s Xi, former Taiwanese president push unification

Taipei, Taiwan — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday, wrapping up an 11-day “journey of peace” aimed at promoting unification between Taiwan and China. Although unification with authoritarian China has little support in democratic Taiwan, according to public opinion polls, Ma and Xi used the meeting to promote a vision they say looks to avert conflict and h…