BOAO, China, April 12, SPA -- Taiwan's vice president-elect has begun a historic meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Vincent Siew's meeting on Saturday makes him thehighest-ranking elected figure to come face-to-face with aChinese leader since the two sides split amid civil waralmost 60 years ago, the Associated Press reported. Siew and President-elect Ma Ying-jeou ran on a platform ofimproving economic relations with China and moving toward aresolution of their long-standing political deadlock.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/545406