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US ex-secretary of state says China-Taiwan meet is 'good news'
AP ^ | 4/13/2008 | Peter Harmsen

Posted on 04/12/2008 9:54:11 PM PDT by steelboy

Former US secretary of state Colin Powell hailed Sunday a landmark encounter between China's President Hu Jintao and Taiwan's vice president-elect as "good news for the region."

Powell made the remark after meeting Taiwan's Vincent Siew, who held 20 minutes of talks with Hu the day before in the highest-level contact ever between China and Taiwan.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; taiwan

1 posted on 04/12/2008 9:54:11 PM PDT by steelboy
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> Former US secretary of state Colin Powell hailed Sunday a landmark encounter between China’s President Hu Jintao and Taiwan’s vice president-elect as “good news for the region.”

Whose side is he on, anyway???


2 posted on 04/12/2008 10:21:23 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

God


3 posted on 04/12/2008 10:27:58 PM PDT by steelboy
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To: steelboy
Some further discussion of the 'new' links... China, U.S. Talk on New Hotline
4 posted on 04/12/2008 11:11:01 PM PDT by Tainan (Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
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