<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Taiwan</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/asia/eastasia/taiwan?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/taiwan</link><description>Taiwan</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[China Hosts a 2nd Taiwan Party Head]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41542-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/taiwan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41542-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/taiwan</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  BEIJING, May 5  --  China extended its campaign to woo public opinion in Taiwan on Thursday by welcoming a second opposition party leader from the island, less than a week after hosting the leader of the opposition Nationalist Party in a historic visit.]]></description><author> Philip P. Pan  and Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wanted: A Handle for the Scandal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35453-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/taiwan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35453-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/taiwan</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Just a few months ago, House Majority Leader    Tom DeLay  (R-Tex.) looked to be in fine shape to weather a new round of allegations that he'd run afoul of House ethics rules.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taiwan Nationalist Cites 'Consensus' With Chinese on Ending Hostilities]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35516-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/taiwan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35516-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/taiwan</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SHANGHAI, May 3  --  The leader of Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party, wrapping up a historic visit to mainland China, said he had achieved a "fundamental consensus" with the country's Communist Party leadership to end hostilities that have enveloped the Taiwan Strait for more than half a century.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taiwan  Proposes Peace Talks With China]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32788-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/taiwan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32788-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/taiwan</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 2  --   President Chen Shui-bian on Monday offered peace talks with Beijing, apparently seeking to regain the initiative from a political rival who is on a high-profile visit to China.]]></description><author> William Foreman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historic Enemies Meet in Beijing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26977-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/taiwan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26977-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/taiwan</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  BEIJING, April 29  --  The leader of Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party and Chinese President Hu Jintao met here Friday and pledged to work together to end hostilities between the Taipei and Beijing governments. It was the highest-level meeting between the two sides since they fought a civil war six decades ago.]]></description><author> Joe McDonald</author></item></channel></rss>