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HONG KONG — Meetings in southern China over the weekend between top Chinese officials and Vice President-elect Vincent Siew of Taiwan have produced some progress on improving economic relations and reducing tensions across the Taiwan Strait, officials from both sides said Sunday.
China’s official Xinhua news agency reported Sunday that during a meeting late Saturday with Siew, President Hu Jintao of China declared that Taiwan and China faced a historic opportunity and needed to make joint efforts to achieve progress.
