The New York Times correspondent Keith Bradsher and Edward Wong reports from Taipei:
President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan called Wednesday for a rapid expansion of economic relations between Taiwan and mainland China over the next year or two that would go far beyond the weekend charter flights and increased tourism that were announced last Friday.
Ma said that he wanted broad access for Taiwanese financial services businesses to the mainland market, an end to double taxation by government agencies in both Taipei and Beijing, and the removal of investment restrictions.
He also called for direct sea and air cargo links across the Taiwan Strait, regularly scheduled passenger flights, the drafting of common technical standards for the high-tech industry by both sides and the creation of a system to resolve commercial disagreements.
