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Updated Tuesday, March 9, 2010 9:57 am TWN, AFP

Shanghai mayor to visit Taiwan in early April

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng is to visit Taiwan in early April, an official from the city government said Monday, as ties across the Taiwan Strait continue to warm.

Han, who has been invited by his counterpart in Taipei, will be there to promote World Expo, which kicks off in Shanghai in May, a spokeswoman said.

Local media reported Han, leading a delegation that will include the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, will arrive in Taiwan on April 6.

Han's visit is expected to serve as another boost to cross-strait ties after Liang Baohua, the head of the Communist Party in east China's Jiangsu province, led a delegation to Taiwan last November.

Taiwan and China have been ruled separately since the end of a civil war in 1949, but Beijing still considers the island part of its territory and has vowed to get it back, by force if necessary.

Ties have improved markedly since May 2008 when the China-friendly Ma Ying-jeou was elected president.

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