Lien Chan, Taiwan's representative at the 2009 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit meeting, was non-committal yesterday on when a meeting between Taiwan and China's leaders could take place, suggesting it would be better for cross-strait political dialogue to take place over an extended period of time."It would be a bit too optimistic to say that conditions are almost ripe for a meeting between President Ma Ying-jeou and President Hu Jintao to take place, " Lien said at his first press conference since returning from the APEC summit the previous day.
Lien, a former vice president who serves as the honorary chairman of the ruling KMT, said he and Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed during their meeting on the sidelines of the summit to continue the contacts and exchanges between leaders of the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CPC).
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