Taiwan, China plan further talks in sign of improving relations

Taiwan said on Friday its top official in charge of relations with China will meet his Chinese counterpart this month on an outlying island, the fourth such meeting since the start of last year in a sign of warming relations. Trade ties between the two sides have improved to their best level in six decades since Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou took office in 2008. The announcement of the meeting on the island of Kinmen came less than two weeks after Chinese President and Communist Party leader Xi