BBC News:"张王会"实现两岸历史性握手
China still lays claim to the Island of Taiwan as its territory. So it's significant that the firstgovernment to government talks between Beijing and Taipei have taken place today, the fristsince the communists came to power in 1949. The Taiwanese minister has set the four-day visitas the result of many years' improving relations. So what do people on the streets of Beijingmake of this meeting?
中国始终宣称台湾岛为其领土的一部分，因此今天大陆和台湾的会谈具有重要意义。这次会谈是1949年中国共产党执政以来两岸官方机构的首次会面。多年来不断改善的两岸关系使得台湾陆委会负责人对大陆展开了为期四天的访问。我们采访了北京街头的市民，以了解他们对此事的看法。
"The first meeting is a very good opportunity. And it shows there is hope though the hope toachieve unification is very small. Tourists from mainland China are traveling in Taiwan in recentyears and this has promoted the tourism industry and economy in Taiwan and it benefitsTaiwan. I know a few Taiwanese here and they earn a lot of money from mainland every year. Ithink this is a good thing. The biggest problem is the two parties have different ideas of ruling.Since 1949 in more than 60 years, Taiwan has been developing better than we have. Of course,we are trying to catch up, but in terms of politics, the system, the rule of law, freedom ofspeech, there are still gaps."
“今天能有第一次会谈，我感觉还是一次非常好的机会，说明两岸统一还是有希望的，当然，实现的可能性不大。这两年，大陆人不断去台湾旅游，推动了台湾旅游业和经济的增长，为台湾带来了好处。我认识一些台湾朋友，他们每年要从大陆赚好多钱，我认为这是好事。目前最大的问题是两党的执政理念不同。在1949年至今的60多年中，台湾比我们发展得要好。当然，我们也在奋力直追，但是在政治制度、法治和言论自由等方面，仍然有差距。”
"As far as I can see, most people in Taiwan are friendly to us, because we are the same race.And I don't feel the atmosphere was strained. I feel unification will definitely happen in thefuture. But it's hard to estimate how long that will take."
“反正我觉得大家了解到的台湾人对我们还是很友好的，因为大家都是同祖同根。我没有觉得两岸关系很紧张，我感觉将来两岸肯定会统一的，不过很难预测要花多长时间。”
The BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing is watching the talks for us.
BBC记者马丁·佩申斯对会谈进行了实时报道。
"Beijing considers Taiwan part of its territory and insists that it must be reunited with themainland by force if necessary. So the fact that these talks went ahead was usually symbolic.Both sides are keen to play out the historic significance. But neither China nor Taiwan isexpecting any major breakthrough insisting the talks are about building trust. In recent years,relations between the two sides have eased significantly. Trade between the mainland andTaiwan has almost doubled in the last five years. For Taiwan, there is no ignoring the world'ssecond largest economy. And Beijing is likely to regard these talks as an opportunity tofurther its long term goal of reunification. Martin Patience in Beijing. "
“中国大陆视台湾为其领土的一部分，为实现统一，不放弃使用武力。因此，这些会谈一般都是象征性的。双方都希望会谈能显示出其历史重要性，但是都不期待会有大的突破，强调会谈的主题是增强互信。近年来，两岸关系有很大缓和。过去5年中，大陆和台湾的贸易额几乎翻了一番。台湾方面不会轻视世界第二大经济体，而北京很可能把这次会谈当作促进统一大业早日实现的一次契机。马丁·佩申斯北京报道。”
Shirley Temple Black who became Hollywood's biggest star at the age of seven has died. Shewas 85. The actress found fame in the 1930s in films like Bright Eyes and Stand Up, or manyyears later she became a diplomat.
7岁时成为好莱坞巨星的秀兰·邓波儿·布莱克去世，享年85岁。20世纪30年代，秀兰·邓波儿因《亮眼睛》和《起立欢呼》等电影一举成名。许多年后，她成了一名外交家。
