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"The blood relations between our people have proven blood is thicker than water." -- ARATS president Chen Yunlin
"We should continue to build kindness (by working on economic issues) and create conditions for solving political difficulties." -- ARATS vice-president Zheng Lizhong
"Opinions should be expressed in a peaceful, rational, law-abiding and orderly way." -- SEF chairman Chiang Pin-kung
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A senior Beijing negotiator said on Monday an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation across the Taiwan Straits will not be signed tomorrow as expected due to "technical reasons."
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The local media have given wide coverage to the cross-Straits high-level trade talks in this central city of Taiwan.