Taiwan's main opposition party, the KMT, stated that relations between mainland China and Taiwan are not on a state-to-state basis during a meeting with a senior Beijing official. The summit aimed to foster cross-strait cultural exchange.

The relationship between mainland China and Taiwan is not one of state-to-state relations, Chang Rong-kung, vice-chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), the island’s main opposition party, told Beijing’s top official on Taiwan affairs on Monday. Chang met Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Communist Party’s No 4 official, at the opening day of the third annual Cross-Strait Chinese Culture Summit. Wang said the summit showed people on both sides of.....