After Beijing's decades of effort trying to suppress any notion that Taiwan is a country rather than a wayward province, greeting him as “Mr President” was almost unthinkable. A simple “mister”, however, would be nearly as taboo, given Chinese notions of hierarchical propriety.
Mr Ma hastily called a press conference yesterday morning to say he would meet Mr Chen as Taiwan's president.
The appointed hour arrived with Mr Ma addressing a group of assembled officials.
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