Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd R) meets with Wu Poh-Hsiung (L), Chairman of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing May 28, 2008. China and Taiwan edged closer to a resumption of fence-mending talks on Tuesday when the chairman of the island's ruling party echoed the Chinese line that both sides are part of a single nation. China, which has claimed Taiwan as its own since their split in 1949 amid civil war, has softened its policy towards the self-ruled island from pushing for unification with the threat of force to one of preventing a declaration of independence. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA)