Taiwan delegation arrives in Shanghai for cross-strait talks

SHANGHAI, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A delegation headed by Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Lin Join-sane arrived in Shanghai on Thursday for a new round of talks with mainland negotiators.

The delegation was welcomed by Cheng Deming, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS).

The talks will be the first of their kind to be held since the two sides' newly-elected leaders took office. They will also mark the ninth round of talks between the two sides since SEF and ARATS resumed talks in June 2008 after a nine-year suspension.

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