Cross-Straits negotiations resume after 18 months

Talks resumed between leaders of the negotiating bodies from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan on Tuesday after the longest interval in the ongoing negotiations.

Chen Deming, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and Lin Join-sane, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation, last met 18 months ago in Taiwan.

The two sides signed agreements on aviation safety and avoidance of dual taxation in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province, on Tuesday.