Article: Taiwan, China Relations May Improve

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Title: Taiwan, China Relations May Improve

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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) _ Stuck in a deep freeze for the past two years, relations between Taiwan and China showed signs of a possible thaw Friday as this island welcomed a goodwill gesture from Beijing.

The rare volley of kind words began Thursday when Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen said that China was ready to stop shunning Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party.

Since the DPP won Taiwan's presidential election in 2000, China has refused to deal with the party, which has not endorsed Beijing's sacred goal of unification. China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949.

The DPP went on to become the ...

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