The World : Taiwan Plans Beijing Trip
Taiwan will send an official delegation to Beijing to take part in the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank, the Foreign Ministry said in Taipei. The delegation, the first to visit China since 1949, will have no direct contact with Beijing officials during the three-day meeting beginning May 4, and the Foreign Ministry said the decision does not imply Taiwan’s recognition of the Beijing government. Taipei and Beijing have been technically at war since 1949, when Communist armies drove the Nationalist government into exile on Taiwan. The Nationalists still claim to be the government of all China.
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