Dalai Lama’s representatives and the Chinese government hold talks on Tibet; China’s longest sea-bridge opens; Rapid development of trade with Taiwan noted
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    • In a major development, representatives of the 14th Dalai Lama had a meeting with the Chinese government at Shenzhen on May 4. Though the meeting ended without any concrete result, the Chinese government appealed to the Dalai Lama to help resolve the current crisis in Tibet1. Reports noted that the Chinese government had held six meetings with the Dalai Lama’s private representatives since 2002.

    China’s longest cross-sea bridge was inaugurated during the week. The bridge was built as part of the effort to boost economic integration and development in the Yangtze River Delta. Reports noted that the design of the bridge had more than 250 technological innovations and engineering breakthroughs2.

    In developments relating to Taiwan, statistics from the Chinese General Administration of Customs noted that there has been a rapid development of trade with Taiwan in the first two months of the year. The trade volume between the two countries rose to $20.5 billion, a growth of 23.8 percent3.

    Taiwan’s Vice-President has meanwhile decided to withdraw from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and quite politics due to his alleged role in a fraud scandal worth $30 million4. In other developments, the former National Security Council Secretary General Tan Sun Chen was sworn in as Secretary General of the Presidential Office by the out-going President Chen Shui-bian, just 15 days to go before the end of his term

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