Visit To Taiwan
On November 4, 2008, Chen met with his Taiwanese counterpart at the Second Chen-Chiang summit. Chiang Pin-kung, head of Taiwan's SEF. It was the first ever meeting between ARATS and SEF leaders in Taiwan. The meeting lasted from November 3 to 7 in Taipei. The 5-day visit was the highest level meeting between the KMT and the CPC in six decades. Another visit to Taiwan was followed on December 21, 2009.
This controversial visit triggered an important social movement called the Wild Strawberry student movement.
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