Cross-Straits forum

A forum set to take place in Taipei on Friday and Saturday will include academics from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, who will discuss politics and other issues.

State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Yang Yi said Wednesday that 28 mainland scholars, including former executive vice president of the Party School of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Zheng Bijian, will attend the forum organized by community group Pacific Cultural Foundation.

Yang said the forum is significant because it is the first time representatives from both sides to meet to discuss political issues on the island