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 | Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Taiwan Vice President-elect Vicent Siew at Boao Forum in Hainai, China on April 12, 2008 click to open  |  | A plane, operated by Taiwan's China Airlines, prepares to take off for Shanghai at Taiwan's Chiang Kai Shek International Airport January 20, 2006. Hundreds of Taiwanese took off on an airplane on Friday to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival in China, the only time of the year when diplomatic rivals Taipei and Beijing permit non-stop flights. The plane belonging to Taiwan's China Airlines left Taipei shortly after 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) and is due to land in Shanghai in three hours. It returns to Taipei in the afternoon, bringing Taiwanese home for the biggest holiday in the Chinese-speaking world. click to open |  | A worker loads luggage onto a plane bound for Shanghai at Taiwan's Chiang Kai Shek International Airport January 20, 2006. Hundreds of Taiwanese took off on an airplane on Friday to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival in China, the only time of the year when diplomatic rivals Taipei and Beijing permit non-stop flights. The plane belonging to Taiwan's China Airlines left Taipei shortly after 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) and is due to land in Shanghai in three hours. It returns to Taipei in the afternoon, bringing Taiwanese home for the biggest holiday in the Chinese-speaking world. click to open |  | Taiwanese passengers prepare to board a plane to Shanghai at Taiwan's Chiang Kai Shek International Airport January 20, 2006. Hundreds of Taiwanese took off on an airplane on Friday to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival in China, the only time of the year when diplomatic rivals Taipei and Beijing permit non-stop flights. The plane belonging to Taiwan's China Airlines left Taipei shortly after 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) and is due to land in Shanghai in three hours. It returns to Taipei in the afternoon, bringing Taiwanese home for the biggest holiday in the Chinese-speaking world. click to open |  | Lien Chan (R), honorary chairman of the Taiwan-based Chinese Kuomintang Party (KMT), and his wife Fang Yu, pose for photographs holding panda cubs in the Wolong giant panda research centre in southwest China's Sichuan province October 27, 2005. Lien said he would make efforts to promote the early arrival of a pair of pandas that the mainland offers to Taiwan as a gift. click to open |  | Lien Chan (C), honorary chairman of the Taiwan-based Chinese Kuomintang Party (KMT), tries to arouse the attention of pandas by clapping his hands in the Wolong giant panda research center in southwest China's Sichuan province, October 27, 2005. Lien said he would make efforts to promote the early arrival of a pair of pandas that the mainland offers to Taiwan as a gift. Photo taken October 27, 2005. click to open |  | Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui is interviewed by The Associated Press Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, at his hotel in Pasadena, Calif. Lee issued a sobering warning to the United States and other democratic nations, saying to 'tolerate China's oppression at home and military adventures abroad' could lead to global disaster. Lee, credited with bringing democracy to Taiwan in the late 1990s, said 'free nations must remain on the alert' as China grows in economic strength. click to open |  | Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian toasts during the opening ceremony of the Democratic Pacific Union, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005, in Taipei, Taiwan. The international organization aims at bolstering relations with countries in Asia and Latin America. Taiwan expects the founding of the union will help in its rivalry with China, which tries to prevent the island from joining international organizations. click to open |  | Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian toasts during the opening ceremony of the Democratic Pacific Union, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005, in Taipei, Taiwan. The international organization aims at bolstering relations with countries in Asia and Latin America. Taiwan expects the founding of the union will help in its rivalry with China, which tries to prevent the island from joining international organizations. click to open |  | Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks at the inauguration in Taipei of an international body called the Democratic Pacific Union Aug 14 2005. Chen rejected the theory of China's 'peaceful rise', saying its rapid arms buildup threatens not only his island but the whole region. click to open |
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