China and Taiwan leaders start historic meeting with handshake

November 07, 2015 14:23

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to shake hands, hold talks and share dinner with Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou Saturday in a landmark meeting that could reboot relations between the two rivals or drive them further apart.Separated by a sea channel and decades of mistrust, the leaders of China and Taiwan -- officially the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China -- haven't met since the two sides split in 1949 amid a bloody civil war.

The meeting, which takes place in Singapore, will be governed by complicated protocol reflecting the bitter history between the two. How they greet each other and what gestures they make will be closely scrutinised.

Image: Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou during a summit in Singapore. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters

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