Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/17
By: Chai Sze-chia and Ko Lin

Taipei, Aug. 17 (CNA) Despite the current stalemate in cross-Taiwan Strait

Chang Hsiao-yueh (張小月/CNA file photo)

relations, the head of Taiwan’s Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) said on Friday that it was open to having exchanges with China and hopes that the two sides can shelve their differences while interacting and trying to seek common ground.

“We will continue to remain open-minded,” SEF Chairwoman Chang Hsiao-yueh (張小月) told CNA, adding that she is willing to go to China for bilateral exchanges and also welcomes the other side to visit Taiwan.

The two sides must work together in order to understand one another, because engaging in indirect talks will only bring further misunderstandings, Chang said.    [FULL  STORY]