TAIPEI (Reuters) - A senior Taiwanese politician urged China's top official in charge of relations with the island to respect its people and their choices, underscoring the deep ideological split that divides democratic Taiwan and Communist-ruled China.
The governing Nationalist Party's Eric Chu, who is mayor of New Taipei City which incorporates suburbs of capital Taipei, made the comments to Zhang Zhijun, director of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, who is on his first ever visit to the island China considers its own.
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