TAIWAN ASKS CHINA TO GIVE IT INTERNATIONAL SPACE

TAIPEI - Taiwan hopes to take part in more international affairs and become further integrated in the regional economy, ruling Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman, Wu Poh-hsiung, has told Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a meeting in Beijing. China was urged to fully understand Taiwan's bid to broaden its international space by actively participating in international affairs, Wu said at the high-level meeting, the first of its kind since Xi took the helm of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in November.