Is peace close?

Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang party leader Lien Chan said peace with China "is within reach." According to Zhang, this is the first time the Chinese government has responded positively to the proposal to sign a peace treaty, AFP reports. It is true that it is hard to believe that the last conflict of the Cold War era is close to ending. Quite recently, Beijing legislatively approved the possibility of a forceful solution to the Taiwan issue.