Reaction mixed to Beijing envoy
By Xing Zhigang | China Daily | Updated: 2009-12-22 07:48
Chen Yunlin (left), president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, is greeted by Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, in Taichung yesterday. The two are scheduled to hold talks today. AFP |
TAICHUNG, Taiwan: Beijing's top envoy to Taiwan said he respected the rights of demonstrators who filled the city's streets yesterday to protest his trip as he attempts to build closer ties across the Straits.
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