China, Taiwan in first-ever spy swap as ties improve Taipei (AFP) Nov 30, 2015 - Taiwan said Monday it has for the first time exchanged jailed spies with China, in another sign of closer relations between the two sides which recently held a historic summit. The swap took place last month ahead of Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's November 7 meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping - the first encounter since the rivals split in 1949 at the end of a civil war. Beijing fr ... more

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