Taiwan media give positive reaction

Taiwan media are reacting positively to the meeting in Taichung between leaders of the ARATS and SEF, as well as three agreements that both sides have signed.

Major newspapers on the island believe that the meeting between ARATS and SEF is more pragmatic, further boosting cross-Strait ties.

Chen Yunlin (L), president of the Chinese mainland's Association for  Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), meets with Taiwan's mainland  affairs chief Lai Shin-yuan in Taichung of southeast China's  Taiwan, Dec. 22, 2009. (Xinhua/Yuan Man)