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Secretary General of the Communist Party of China,
Xi Jinping, has met in Beijing with Chen Li Wen, chairperson of China's KMT party here in the Chinese capital.
The meeting takes place during a high-profile visit to the Chinese mainland by the Taiwan-based politician.
It 's the first of its kind after cross-strait relations soured a decade ago when authorities in the island
deviated from the consensus that there is only one China.
Prior to the meeting, Chen Liwen has visited eastern China's Jiangsu province and Shanghai,
where she paid tribute to the past and got a taste of China's future and some bubble tea.
Meanwhile, in Taiwan, leader of the rival Democratic Progressive Party,
Lai Qingte, met with visiting U.S. Senators pushing a US$40 billion defense package.
Why does Chen Liwen's visit to the mainland matter to the world?
What has caught my attention so far, and what will the visit achieve for the region and beyond?
Welcome to The Point, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.
I'm Lu Xin.
I'm pleased to be joined in the studio by Professor Kong Qing Jiang,
Dean of the Academy for Foreign-Related Rule of Law at China's University of Political Science and Law.
From Taipei, by Zhong Xiang Yu, a political commentator.
And from Maryland, the U.S.
By Surabh Gupta, Senior Policy Specialist of the Institute for China-America Studies.