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People familiar with the matter told the Taipei-based China Times that the invitation hampton inn hotels from China s state-funded China Academy of Social Sciences to members of the DPP represents the Communist Party of China s (CPC s) intention to forge closer ties with Taiwan s main opposition party.
The invitation is also reminiscent of DPP spokesman Lo Chih-cheng s attendance of a seminar sponsored by China s Taiwan Affairs Office in Yunnan Province in March. Taiwanese media portrayed that visit as an ice-breaking trip between the DPP and the CPC.
Hong said he wants to gain a better understanding of China s upcoming leadership change and to engage in dialogues with Chinese scholars on China s strategic positioning in Asia, Taiwan-China relations, trade between the two sides, the DPP s China policy and change in China s business environment.
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