Xi and Ma Meet

On the heels of his tour of the western world, Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou for 20 minutes this Saturday in Singapore. Despite the short length, it’s groundbreaking – this will be the first time the leaders of these two governments have met since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. 

According to Dr. Robert Sutter, a former National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and the Pacific at the US National Intelligence Council, “the meeting comes as a surprise, even though President Ma has said ‘no surprises.’” 

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