CHINA AND TAIWAN HOLDS HISTORIC MEETING

LEADER OF CHINA AND TAIWAN ARE IN SINGAPORE HOLDING HISTORIC MEETING THE FIRST IN 60 YEARS.THE CHINA PRESIDENT,XI JINPING AND TAIWAN PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU START THE MEETING BY SHAKING HANDS WHICH IS SEEN AS LARGELY SYMBOLIC.CHINA ALWAYS SEEN TAIWAN AS A BREAKAWAY PROVINCE WEY GO REUNITE WITH THEM LATER WHILE TAIWANESE SEEN THEMSELVE AS INDEPENDENT NATION.ACCORDING TO MR MA DEY SHOULD RESPECT EACH OTHER BUT MR XI TOLD MR MA THAT DEY ARE ONE BIG FAMILY.THE MEETING WEY DEY HAPPEN FOR BALLROOM AT LUXURY HOTEL WEY DEY SIDELINE OF STATE HOUSE .THE TALKS WILL BE FOLLOW BY NEWS CONFERENCE AND DINNER.THE TWO SIDES WEY SPILIT IN 1949 AFTER KUOMINTANG LOST TO CHINESE COMMUNIST IN THE CIVIL WAR AND SET UP NEW GOVERNMENR BUT SINCE MR MA BECOMES PRESIDENT IN 2008 DON HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA IN ECONOMICS TIE,TOURISM AND TRADE PACT SIGNED