Taipei to host Shanghai delegation in rare high-level visit

Taiwan's capital will host a rare high-level Chinese delegation later in December when a deputy mayor of Shanghai visits for an annual city forum amid heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait.

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Shanghai Vice-Mayor Hua Yuan will visit from Dec 16 to 17 for the Taipei-Shanghai City Forum, which was first held in 2010, Taipei city government spokesman Yin Wei told reporters on Dec 4.

"This year is the 15th time it will be held, and 45 memorandums of understanding have been held in the past, which is a very good result for city exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait," he added.