Officials will discuss direct mail with China

Both sides will seek to sign an agreement to open direct mail between Taiwan and China in the upcoming meeting, said Kao Koong lian, vice chairman of the Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF).

Direct mail is among the "three links" that have long been high on the agenda in cross-strait dialogue; the other two being direct trade and direct transportation.

Taiwan and China have had no official contact for almost six decades since they split in a civil war.

In the early 1990s, easing tensions allowed them set up semi-official bodies -- SEF on the Taiwan side, and the Association for the Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) on the China side -- to handle cross-strait ties on behalf of their respective governments.

Both sides have talked often about opening the three links, but political and economic implications behind the issue have stalled attempts to introduce the direct links.

The three links will also be on the agenda for an upcoming meeting between SEF Chairman P.K. Chiang and his China counterpart Chen Yunlin.

Yang Yi, head of China's cabinet-level Taiwan Affairs Office, said yesterday the Chiang-Chen meet will touch on sea voyages, charter cargo planes and week-day charter passenger flights across the Strait.

Fully direct mail will also be on the agenda, Yang said.

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