{"id":19243,"date":"2008-04-12T17:36:13","date_gmt":"2008-04-13T00:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/04\/taiwan-china-see-progress-from-historic-talks\/"},"modified":"2008-04-12T17:37:54","modified_gmt":"2008-04-13T00:37:54","slug":"taiwan-china-see-progress-from-historic-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/04\/taiwan-china-see-progress-from-historic-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan, China See Progress From Historic Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/afp.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5iphQDxNvSEbut7PJAGgRF1vPAong\">AFP<\/a> reports on the talks between Taiwan vice president-elect Vincent Siew and Chinese President Hu Jintao:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Taiwan&#8217;s vice president-elect and Chinese President Hu Jintao met Saturday in the highest-level contact ever between the two sides, with direct flights an early topic of discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent Siew and Hu mainly talked about economic issues in their 20 minutes together, seen as an indicator of the incoming Taiwan government&#8217;s ability to bring about better ties with giant China.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The talk was friendly, candid, and harmonious, and there were results,&#8221; Siew told reporters in a short press conference directly after meeting Hu. 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