Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin walks past the coffin
of Wang Daohan, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across
the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), in Longhua Funeral House in Shanghai, December 30,
2005. - Xinhua
Chinese vice president Zeng Qinghong attends Wang Daohan's
funeral today.
(Photo: eastday.com)
Yen Cho-yun, widow of Koo Chen-fu, arrives at the funeral of Wang
Daohan, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the
Taiwan Straits (ARATS), in Longhua Funeral House in Shanghai, December 30, 2005.
Wang died at the age of 90 on December 24, coinciding with the one-year
anniversary of Koo Chen-fu's death in Taiwan, according to Chinese lunar
calendar. Koo, chairman of the Taiwan-based Strait Exchange Foundation, and Wang
in his role as president of ARATS made a milestone negotiation in Singapore in
1993, setting up the basis for any future dialogues between the two
organizations. (Source: Chinadaily.com/Newsphoto)