Presidents of Taiwan and China exchanged telegrams today for the first time in 60 years, in the latest sign of their thawing relations. President Ma Ying-jeou received a message of congratulation from Chinese President Hu Jintao following the former's election as chairman of the Kuomintang, party officials said yesterday.Ma won Sunday's election as the sole candidate with 93.87 percent of the vote with a turnout of 57.79 percent of the...

Chinese State media will now reach an extra 300 million people, having started a 24-hour Arabic language channel. CCTV will now be broadcast in 22 Arabic-speaking countries in Africa and the Middle East having started on Saturday 26th July.Jiao Li, president of China Central television, said, "The launch of the Channel is a great step forward in the process of strengthening CCTV's international communications capacity. The channel, covering...