The highly anticipated 'Second Xi-Ma Meeting' officially took place at 4 PM on April 10th in the East Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The two met for the first time after nine years, shaking hands for a lengthy 15 seconds. During the meeting with Xi Jinping, Ma Ying-jeou misspoke 'Chinese nation' as 'Republic of China'. Was this slip of the tongue unintentional or deliberate? What is the real context behind their second meeting? What does this meeting signify for the relationship between Mainland China and Taiwan?
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