Chen Yunlin (R), Chairman of the Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), shakes hands with Chiang Pin-kun, Chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in Beijing, June 12, 2008. The talks between Chen and Chiang are the first in nine years. Established in the early 1990s, both ARATS and SEF are authorized non-governmental organizations working on issues related to exchanges across the Taiwan Straits. (Xinhua) |