Yahoo News
Date: May 4, 2015
By: Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — The head of Taiwan’s Nationalists reaffirmed the party’s

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, yesterday. Photo: EPA/KMT

support for eventual unification with the mainland when he met Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of continuing rapprochement between the former bitter enemies.

Nationalist Party Chairman Eric Chu, a likely presidential candidate next year, also affirmed Taiwan’s desire to join the proposed Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank during the meeting in Beijing. China claims Taiwan as its own territory and doesn’t want the island to join using a name that might imply it is an independent country.

Chu’s comments during his meeting with Xi were carried live on Hong Kong-based broadcaster Phoenix Television.     [FULL  STORY]