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 | Chairman of the People's First Party in Taiwan James Soong (3rd R), accompanied by communist party secretary of Hunan Provincial Committee Yang Zhengwu (2nd L), arrives at a park to watch a performance in Changsha, in central China's Hunan province May 8, 2005. Changsha is the fourth leg on Soong's nine-day mainland tour which has also brought him to Xi'an, Nanjing and Shanghai. Soong and his delegation are scheduled to visit Beijing before returning to Taiwan on May 13. click to open  |  | James Soong (C), chairman of the People First Party in Taiwan, shakes hands with well-wishers after arriving at the Huangsha Airport in Changsha, in central China's Hunan province, May 8, 2005. Hunan is the fourth leg of Soong's nine-day mainland tour. click to open |  | Chairman of the People First Party in Taiwan James Soong (R) delivers a speech upon his arrival at the Huangsha Airport in Changsha, in central China's Hunan province, May 8, 2005. Hunan is the fourth leg of Soong's nine-day mainland tour. click to open |  | James Soong (L), chairman of the People First Party (PFP) in Taiwan, shakes hands with Wang Daohan (R), president of the Association for Relations across the Taiwan Straits, a major non-governmental conduit for cross-Strait contacts, in Shanghai May 8, 2005. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, facing criticism from members of his own party over opposition leaders' visits to mainland China, called a meeting to defend his stance and pledged to uphold the island's sovereignty. click to open |  | James Soong, the head of Taiwan's second-largest opposition party, the People First Party, left, is greeted by Wang Daohan, chairman of the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, right, in Shanghai, China Sunday May 8, 2005. Soong called for reconciliation between Taipei and Beijing based on their common cultural roots. click to open |  | James Soong (L), chairman of the People's First Party (PFP) in Taiwan, displays a present for Wang Daohan (R), president of the Association for Relations across the Taiwan Straits, a major non-governmental conduit for cross-Strait contacts, in Shanghai municipality May 8, 2005. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, facing criticism from members of his own party over opposition leaders' visits to mainland China, called a meeting to defend his stance and pledged to uphold the island's sovereignty. click to open |  | James Soong, Chairman of the People First Party in Taiwan, is greeted upon his arrival at Pudong airport in Shanghai May 7, 2005. Soong said in a brief speech at the airport that the PFP delegation he leads aims to learn in Shanghai about China's reform and opening up, the earnest expectations for cross-Straits 'three direct links' from Taiwan businessmen and the potential and hope of China's future development, state media reported. click to open |  | James Soong, Chairman of the People First Party in Taiwan, delivers a speech upon his arrival at Pudong airport in Shanghai May 7, 2005. Soong said in a brief speech at the airport that the PFP delegation he leads aims to learn in Shanghai about China's reform and opening up, the earnest expectations for cross-Straits 'three direct links' from Taiwan businessmen and the potential and hope of China's future development, state media reported. click to open |
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