{"id":2957,"date":"2005-04-30T07:31:13","date_gmt":"2005-04-30T14:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/04\/30\/kmt-chairman-lien-chan-arrives-xian\/"},"modified":"2005-04-30T07:31:13","modified_gmt":"2005-04-30T14:31:13","slug":"kmt-chairman-lien-chan-arrives-xian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/04\/kmt-chairman-lien-chan-arrives-xian\/","title":{"rendered":"KMT Chairman Lien Chan arrives Xi&#8217;an"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/english.people.com.cn\/200504\/30\/eng20050430_183350.html\">From People&#8217;s daily online<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nVisiting Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Party Chairman Lien Chan reiterated his unwillingness to see a prolonged stalemate in the cross-Straits relations after arriving at Xi&#8217;an, capital of northwest China&#8217;s Shaanxi Province, the third leg on his eight-day mainland tour, at around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Lien said he hoped to learn more about the development of his birthplace, exchange views with local people and do his best to create a better future for both sides across the Straits. Compared with his speeches delivered immediately after the charter flight with the 60-member KMT delegation aboard hit the ground in east China&#8217;s Nanjing and Beijing, remarks made by the KMT leader at the aprons of the Xi&#8217;an&#8217;s Xianyang Airport Saturday morning were more personal and nostalgic. The 69-year old Lien was born in Xi&#8217;an in 1936 and left the northwestern city eight years later.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From People&#8217;s daily online: Visiting Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Party Chairman Lien Chan reiterated his unwillingness to see a prolonged stalemate in the cross-Straits relations after arriving at Xi&#8217;an, capital of northwest China&#8217;s Shaanxi Province, the third leg on his eight-day mainland tour, at around 11:30 a.m. Saturday. 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