Taiwan president urges China to use historic free-trade deal to improve relations

Taiwan's president urged his Chinese counterpart to work toward improving historically testy ties following the signing of a landmark trade deal.

Ma Ying-jeou — who has sought to build better relations with the mainland since taking office in May 2008 — said this was an opportunity for the two sides to end decades of mistrust and search for common ground.

Taiwan and China signed a broad trade pact last month....