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Top leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Taiwan opposition Kuomintang (KMT) met on April 29th, 2005 for the first talks of their kind in 60 years and vowed to end cross-straits hostility and fight "Taiwan independence."

In a ceremony broadcast live to audiences on both the mainland and Taiwan, the CPC Central Committee General Secretary Hu Jintao and KMT Chairman Lien Chan shook hands right here on the red carpet in the Great Hall of the People.

Geographic Coordinates: Latitude: 39° 55' 12" N Longitude: 116° 27' 36" E Show at MultiMap.com [what is MultiMap?] Show at Google Maps [what is Google Maps?] Show in Google Earth* [what is Google Earth?] * requires Google Earth installed on your computer Date/Time: May 20th, 2005 10:30 Equipment: Nikon D100, Sigma 8mm.