Monday, December 15, are officially entered into force on the agreements signed by Chiang Pin-kung and Chen Yunlin , presidents respectively of Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF, Taiwan's quasi-official organ) and 'Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS, the Chinese side).
Now Taiwan and China have three open channels of communication logistically important for the economic development of both countries: after the opening of direct flights on weekends, registratasi in July (this mostly symbolic title) Now the two sides of the Strait can make contact through the skies, seas and postal services .
An unprecedented event since, at the end of the civil war six decades ago, the two parties are divided.
For the occasion, the President of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jiu has released a speech ( "Taiwan: a peacemaker in the Asia Pacific" ), whose translation was published today on the site of Radical Agency.
