meeting with a former vice president of Taiwan on Tuesday.

The meeting between the Chinese president and Taiwan's former vice president Lien Chan,

who is now the honorary chairman of Taiwan's Kuomintang Party, follows another round of

government-level talks between the two countries last week when they agreed to create a permanent

communication body. During the meeting on Tuesday, President Xi

also said the two sides should foster a common understanding of the One China principle,

which says there can only be one state called "China."

The former vice president echoed Xi's remarks,... saying cross-strait communications should

be conducted under the One China principle.