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 | Taiwan's opposition leader Lien Chan arrives at the Lukou airport in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Tuesday, April 26, 2005. Lien's visit, beginning Tuesday, is the first by a Nationalist Party leader to the mainland since the party, which once ruled both Taiwan and China, lost a civil war to the communists in 1949 and fled the mainland. click to open  |  | Taiwan opposition Nationalist Party or Kuomintang leader Lien Chan gestures during a speech at a welcome banquet in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, April 26, 2005. Lien landed in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing on Tuesday on a 'journey of peace', the first Nationalist chief to set foot on Chinese soil since 1949 when the party was toppled by the communists and fled to the island. The Chinese characters, part of a banner, behind him reads 'China Kuomintang' click to open |  | Taiwan's opposition leader Lien Chan, left, receives a gift from Li Yuanchao, China's communist party secretary of Jiangsu province during a meeting at a hotel in Nanjing, China, Tuesday, April 26, 2005. Lien's visit is the first by a Nationalist Party leader to the mainland since the party, which once ruled both Taiwan and China, lost a civil war to the communists in 1949 and fled the mainland. The history-making trip aimed at easing tensions with Beijing, which is threatening to attack if the self-ruled island pursues formal independence. click to open |  | Taiwan's opposition leader Lien Chan, center, and his wife Lien Fang Yu, left, are greeted by Li Yuanchao, Chinese communist party secretary of Jiangsu province, prior to a meeting at a hotel in Nanjing, China, Tuesday, April 26, 2005. Lien's visit is the first by a Nationalist Party leader to the mainland since the party, which once ruled both Taiwan and China, lost a civil war to the communists in 1949 and fled the mainland. The history-making trip aimed at easing tensions with Beijing, which is threatening to attack if the self-ruled island pursues formal independence. click to open |  | Taiwan's opposition leader Lien Chan, second right, and his wife Lien Fang Yu, right wave upon their arrival at the airport in Nanjing, China, Tuesday, April 26, 2005. Lien's visit is the first by a Nationalist Party leader to the mainland since the party, which once ruled both Taiwan and China, lost a civil war to the communists in 1949 and fled the mainland. The history-making trip aimed at easing tensions with Beijing, which is threatening to attack if the self-ruled island pursues formal independence. Two person at Lien's left are not identified. click to open |  | Taiwan opposition leader Lien Chan (L) and his wife Lien Fang-yu wave to well-wishers upon arrival at Nanjing in Jiangsu province, China April 26, 2005. Lien began a historic 'journey of peace' to China on Tuesday, seeking reconciliation with an old enemy even as pro-independence supporters in Taipei protested against the trip. click to open |
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