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1949 1950 1971 1979 ’98 ’93 ’95 ’96 ’99 2000 ’04 ’05 ’08 ’10 2014 Mao Zedong’s (left) Chinese Communist Party gains power in mainland China Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang (KMT) flees to Taiwan United States deploys fleet in Taiwan Strait to protect the KMT Taipei replaced by Beijing at the United Nations US establishes diplomatic relations with China, commits to defending Taiwan High-level talks resume First direct talks Beijing suspends high-level talks in protest against visit by Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui (left) to the US Beijing fires missiles off Taiwan to deter voters in the island’s first democratic presidential election KMT loses power in elections won by pro-independence Chen Shui-bian (left) Beijing makes secession by Taiwan illegal, at risk of military action Chen re-elected KMT’s Ma Ying-jeou elected president on Beijing-friendly platform, high-level talks resume Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement Beijing and Taipei hold first government-to-government talks November 2015 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou to meet in Singapore Hostile development Improvement Diplomatic or domestic ST GRAPHICS ADAPTED FROM AFP Highs and lows in China-Taiwan ties Xi Jinping Ma Ying-jeou Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui says cross-strait ties are state-to-state relations, leading to high-level talks being stalled
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1949 1950 1971 1979 ’98’93
’95 ’96 ’99
2000 ’04
’05
’08 ’10 2014
Mao Zedong’s (left)Chinese Communist Partygains power inmainland China
Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang (KMT)�ees to Taiwan
United States deploys �eet in Taiwan Strait to protect the KMT
Taipei replacedby Beijing at theUnited Nations
US establishesdiplomatic relationswith China, commitsto defending Taiwan
High-level talks resume
Firstdirect talks
Beijing suspends high-level talksin protest against visit by
Taiwanese PresidentLee Teng-hui (left) to the US
Beijing �res missilesoff Taiwan to deter voters
in the island’s �rst democraticpresidential election
KMT loses powerin elections won bypro-independenceChen Shui-bian (left)
Beijing makes secessionby Taiwan illegal, atrisk of military action
Chenre-elected
KMT’s Ma Ying-jeou elected president on Beijing-friendly
platform, high-leveltalks resume
Economic CooperationFramework Agreement
Beijing and Taipei hold �rst government-to-governmenttalks
November 2015Chinese PresidentXi Jinpingand TaiwanesePresident Ma Ying-jeouto meet inSingapore
Hostile development ImprovementDiplomatic or domestic
ST GRAPHICS ADAPTED FROM AFP
Highs and lows in China-Taiwan ties
Xi Jinping Ma Ying-jeou
Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui says cross-strait ties are state-to-state relations, leading to high-level talks being stalled
