China's Xi to host former Taiwan president in Beijing, in rare meeting echoing bygone era of warmer ties

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The carefully choregraphed moment is steeped in political symbolism: it's the first time a former president of Taiwan has been hosted by China's top leader in Beijing since Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists fled to Taipei in 1949.
51% : "For Beijing, Ma's visit is also a useful way of assuring its domestic audience - 'We have not lost the hearts and minds of the Taiwanese people, there remains cultural and historical connections that bind us, and the DPP does not represent mainstream Taiwanese views,'" said Hsiao, the analyst.
50% : "The value of this meeting is primarily in its symbolism - an attempt to shape the cross-strait narrative to both parties' favor while fundamental political differences remain," said Hsiao, from International Crisis Group.

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