Mainland, Taiwan servicemen to meet

Military officials from the mainland and Taiwan will have a face-to-face encounter 60 years after the civil war ended - for talking and sharing ideas.

A mainland military official who preferred anonymity told China Daily yesterday that military officials from the mainland and Taiwan would meet during a security forum in Hawaii in August.

This will be the first military exchange between servicemen across the Straits since 1949, in a move experts said would pave the path for building military trust as political ties improve.