CHINA TAIWAN TALKS

Jia Qinglin, right, member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Lien Chan, Taiwan's former vice president and honorary chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party applaud each other while attending the Cross-Strait Economic summit being held in the famous Beijing Hotel, Beijing, China on Saturday, April 15, 2006. Taiwan's opposition politicians arrived in Beijing for an economic forum with China's ruling Communist Party, which is seeking to isolate Taiwan's president and court opinion on the island. Lien Chan is leading a group of more than 100 politicians and businesspeople attending the two-day forum which will discuss direct air links between Taiwan and the mainland and other ways to broaden trade. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)