 | China's President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Taiwan's opposition leader Lien Chan during a meeting in Beijing April 29, 2005. Lien, in China on a historic visit, met Hu on Friday for talks which could signal the end of animosity between the two sides. Earlier, Lien urged the mainland government to embrace political reform and said neither side should upset the status quo which has kept the peace between them for decades. click to open  |
 | Taiwan's opposition leader Lien Chan (L) talks to Chinese President Hu Jintao during a meeting in Beijing April 29, 2005. Lien, in China on a historic visit, met Hu on Friday for talks which could signal the end of animosity between the two sides. click to open |
 | The Taiwanese delegation headed by opposition leader Lien Chan (3rd L) talks to the Chinese delegation headed by Chinese President Hu Jintao (not shown in the picture) in Beijing April 29, 2005. Lien, in China on a historic visit, met Hu on Friday for talks which could signal the end of animosity between the two sides. click to open |
 | Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) listens to the Taiwanese delegation headed by opposition leader Lien Chan (not shown in the picture) during a meeting in Beijing April 29, 2005. Lien, in China on a historic visit, met Hu on Friday for talks which could signal the end of animosity between the two sides. click to open |
 | Taiwanese delegation headed by opposition leader Lien Chan, 3rd left, talks with Chinese counterpart headed by China's President Hu Jintao, not shown in the picture, in Beijing, Friday, April 29, 2005. Lien, in China on a historic visit, met Hu on Friday for talks which could signal the end of animosity between the two sides. click to open |
 | The Taiwanese delegation headed by opposition leader Lien Chan (5th L) talks to the Chinese delegation headed by Chinese President Hu Jintao (4th R) in Beijing April 29, 2005. Lien, in China on a historic visit, met Hu on Friday for talks which could signal the end of animosity between the two sides. click to open |
 | Kuomintang party officials hold talks with Chinese leaders in Beijing April 29th 2005. Leaders from China's Communist Party met with Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang party for the first time in nearly 60 years. click to open |
 | Taiwan's opposition leader Lien Chan (2nd R) and his wife speak to members of the Chinese media at Beijing University. Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang and China's Communist Party issued a joint statement rejecting independence for the island. click to open |
 | A student displays a Kuomintang party flag to welcome Taiwan's opposition leader Lien Chan at Beijing University April 29 2005. Leaders from China's Communist Party met with the Kuomintang party for the first time in nearly 60 years. click to open |
 | Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan, center introduces his wife, Lien Fang Yu, left, to Chinese President Hu Jintao in a historic meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, April 29, 2005. The meeting caps a historic reconciliation between the two parties whose bloody civil war split China in 1949. click to open |
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