Taiwan’s president, Ma Ying-jeou, will try to use his meeting with the Chinese president Xi Jinping in Singapore on Saturday to highlight the big improvement in cross-strait relations during his presidency. But while the past few years have seen a considerable easing of political tensions between the two sides, the boost to Taiwan’s economy from closer ties is much smaller than is often assumed.
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