Ma Says Taiwan People Override Missiles in Meeting Xi

The more than 1,100 Chinese missiles aimed at Taiwan are less of an impediment to a meeting with President Xi Jinping than whether talks would be backed by the island’s people, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said.

Any meeting would be contingent on Ma being present in his official capacity as President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), he said in an interview at his offices in Taipei yesterday. While not ruling out an engagement with Xi before the end of his term in 2016, Ma said conditions aren’t yet ripe.