Taiwan and China to sign nuclear power safety deal (AP)

TAIPEI, Taiwan ? Taiwan’s top China negotiator says the island will sign an agreement with China later this week to cooperate on nuclear power-related security issues.

Tuesday’s statement by Chiang Pin-kung comes in the midst of President Ma Ying-jeou’s efforts to improve China ties.

Chiang says the agreement will help the sides set up a mechanism for informing each other of dangerous incidents at nuclear power plants.

China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949. Beijing still claims Taiwan as its own. Since Ma took office 3 1/2 years ago, he has facilitated more than a dozen cross-strait trade agreements.

The nuclear agreement will be signed during three days of bilateral talks starting Wednesday in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111018/ap_on_re_as/as_taiwan_china

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