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Leaders Across Taiwan Strait Meet for First Time in 66 Years

2015-11-08 09:13:00       source:Xinhua News Agency

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Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Ma Ying-jeou during their meeting at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Nov. 7, 2015. 


November 7, 2015


"Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou shook hands on Saturday afternoon in Singapore in the first meeting between leaders of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait since 1949, opening up a historic page in cross-Strait relations.


Both dressed in dark suits, the two leaders walked toward each other in a room crowded by hundreds of journalists at the Shangri-La Hotel at around 3 p.m. local time before extending their hands almost at the same time."


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