Unfazed by protests, Zhang Zhijun stepped off the plane at Taipei's Taoyuan International Airport on Wednesday and extended greetings in the local Minnan dialect.
Taiwanese newspapers have eagerly anticipated the visit to the island of mainland Taiwan affairs chief Zhang Zhijun.
When Taiwanese college student Lai Syuan-hong crossed the Taiwan Strait to arrive in Xiamen last Friday, his mainland impressions included its yawning rich-poor divide, miraculous maglev train, over-popularization, and one related to a tempestuous protest.
In a speech that offers a glimpse of the mainland's latest thinking on cross-Strait relations, top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng has said the mainland will show more respect and understanding for Taiwan people's way of thinking.
The chairman of Taiwan's People First Party on Monday called on businesspeople and people working in the cultural and creative industry from Taiwan and the mainland to cooperate to make money.
Economic integration will bring about mutual benefit and win-win results for the Chinese mainland and Taiwan and should not be disturbed, said top leader Xi Jinping.
The People's Daily, flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC), published an article to commemorate the development of cross-Strait relations over the last 35 years.
The fifth regular meeting of the Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Committee (ECC) opened Tuesday morning in Taipei.
Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on Monday said that he will not promote "Two Chinas," "one China, one Taiwan" or "Taiwan independence," inside or outside the island.
The 2013 Zijinshan Summit for Entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Strait has concluded in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.
Taiwan's communication administrative authority has approved the first submarine communication cable directly linking both sides of the Taiwan Strait, enabling the cable to come into commercial service.
The first cross-Strait peace forum, an important platform for non-official political dialogue between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, opened here on Friday to rally political wisdom and expand consensus.
Chiang Pin-kung, former chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), on Thursday urged Taiwan to further the follow-up negotiation and signing of agreements under the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with the Chinese mainland.
The Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief Zhang Zhijun said on Saturday that the mainland welcomes and encourages personages from various Taiwan political parties and more mayors to participate in the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.
Chinese mainland's negotiator on cross-Strait ties Chen Deming started talks with his Taiwan counterpart Lin Join-sane here on Friday over a service trade agreement.
The Chinese mainland on Sunday introduced a slew of preferential policies to boost cross-Strait exchanges with a focus on improving the lives of the Taiwanese.
The Chinese mainland on Sunday introduced a slew of preferential policies to boost cross-Strait exchanges with a focus on improving the lives of the Taiwanese.
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