How significant are China-Taiwan talks?

Name: How significant are China-Taiwan talks?
Uploaded: 2014-02-11T10:05:56.000Z
Duration: 3 min 42 s
Description: As China and Taiwan begin their highest-level talks for decades, the BBC's Celia Hatton in Beijing and Cindy Sui in Taipei discuss their significance.

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China and Taiwan have begun the highest-level talks since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.

Wang Yu-chi and Zhang Zhijun, the top cross-strait officials from each side, are both attending the four-day talks in Nanjing.

The BBC's Celia Hatton in Beijing and Cindy Sui in Taipei discuss the significance of the talks.

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11 February 2014