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Rare exchange between China and Taiwan DPP official at virtual forum a ‘small step forward’
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President-elect Lai Ching-te is set to be inaugurated in May, after beating his more mainland-friendly opponents.
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TAIPEI – It appeared to be a standard global academic forum with cross-strait policy scholars, including those from China, gathered together.
But delivering a key speech at the Feb 25 virtual event was a special guest – Mr Wu Jun-zhi, director of the China Affairs Department of Taiwan’s independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
