China's Taiwan affairs chief Zhang Zhijun met with Taiwan's mainland China affairs chief Andrew Hsia to discuss ties on an island which was formerly a scene of battle between China and Taiwan.
Zhang and Hsia affirmed that they intend to continue developing ties between China and Taiwan, which began in 2008. Kinmen is a Taiwan-controlled island several kilometers off the coast of China's city of Xiamen. It was the scene of a battle between Chinese and Taiwanese forces in 1958, which ended after a ceasefire was declared.
