Thawing relations

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Eric Chu, chairman of Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday. Xi held talks with the visiting leader, the first such meeting in seven years. Chu reaffirmed the party’s support for eventual unification with the mainland as part of continuing rapprochement between the former bitter enemies. / AFP-Yonhap