page_title: Ma–Xi meeting
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Ma–Xi meeting / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a map of the two states that officially use the name "China" in their names and depicts the actual "line of control" and not any claims that states often make. Key words: actual administration and actual maintaining of control of the territories. &#160;Avec&#160;nat&#160;|&#160;Wikipédia&#160;Prends&#160;Des&#160;Forces.&#160; 03:09, 19 November 2007 (UTC) 中文（简体）‎: 这是一个关于两个都把“中华”用在自己的国名里的国家的地图，这个地图描绘了两国的实际“控制线”并跟两国通常声称的完全不是一回事。关键词：实际管辖和维持实际控制区域。 中文（繁體）‎: 這是一個關於兩個都把“中華”用在自己的國名裡的國家的地圖，這個地圖描繪了兩國的實際“控制線”並跟兩國通常聲稱的完全不是一回事。關鍵字：實際管轄和維持實際控制區域。
context_page_description: The Ma-Xi meeting was held on 7 November 2015, when Ma Ying-jeou, President of the Republic of China, and Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China, met in Singapore. The meeting was the first between the political leaders of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1950 and the first since the meeting between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong in Chongqing during the Double Tenth Agreement in August 1945.
context_section_description: During his 2012 presidential campaign, Ma Ying-jeou had stated in November 2011 that if reelected, he would "absolutely never meet with mainland leaders over the future four years". However, Ma's administration had repeatedly proposed a meeting between him and Xi Jinping since November 2012, after Xi was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (Paramount leader). The 2015 meeting was proposed by Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Zhang Zhijun during a discussion on cross-strait affairs with Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Andrew Hsia in Guangzhou, China in October 2015. Initially, Hsia proposed that the meeting take place during the APEC Philippines 2015 in Manila, Philippines. However, Zhang found the recommendation to be unsuitable. Later, Hsia suggested the meeting occur in Singapore, where the Wang–Koo summit was held on 27–29 April 1993, the first cross-strait negotiation after a meeting one year earlier in British Hong Kong. Details of the meeting were leaked by Taiwanese newspaper Liberty Times on 3 November 2015, and were officially confirmed over the following days.
caption: Map showing Chinese territories governed by the PRC and the ROC. The size of minor islands has been exaggerated in this map for ease of visibility.
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