Taiwan president invites China to hold talks

Taiwan's leader on Monday invited China to talks under the principles of peace, democracy and parity.
"The door for dialogue and negotiation is still open
between the two sides," President Chen Shui-bian said in a
speech during a visit to the Marshall Islands.
"Under the principles of democracy, peace and parity, the
two sides can at any time begin to have contact, dialogue
and negotiations," he said.
Chen's remarks came after the leader of Taiwan's largest
opposition party, Lien Chan, made a similar request at the
end of a history-making tour of China.