meeting is all about providing support for taiwan's nationalists. >> reporter: chinese state-run xinhuaews agency is quoting the head of china's taiwan affairs office on the matter. he says that the two leaders will exchange views on promoting the peaceful development of the cross-taiwan straits arrangements. he stressed that arrangements were made in line with the one china principle, a reference to the view that thailand and the mainland are part of a single chinese nation. chang says the chinese president xi jinping and ma will meet in the capacity as leaders of two sides. but he said they will refer to one another as mr. observers say china made considers at ma's request that the meeting be held on equal footing. >> how have the people in china reacted to this news? >> reporter: some welcome the meeting, saying it will help advance cross-strait ties. others say it's nothing but an internal affair. >> translator: the meeting is going to improve the relationship and stability of china and taiwan. >> translator: china and taiwan is one whole family. it's a normal thing that brothers me

china's state-run xinhua news agency also announced the meeting. it said the two leader also discuss peaceful development. both sides have refused to recognize each other's sovereignty since 1949. but taiwan's relations with china have warmed since 2008 when ma came into power primarily on the economic front. he realized the first ministerial meeting with beijing in february last year. ma leaves office in about six months. voters will go to the polls in january to choose his successor. they believe ma wants to use the talks with xi to show how his government has strengthened ties with the mainland. public sentiment turned against relations. last year students occupied the parliament building to oppose the government's move to strengthen economic ties with the mainland. in washington, white house press secretary josh earnest welcomed the planned meeting. >> we would certainly welcome steps that are taken on both sides of the taiwan strait to try to reduce tensions and improve cross-strait relations. >> but earnest also expressed caution. he said the

the xinhua news agency says li made the remark in a speech in seoul on sunday. he said that level of growth would help achieve what he described as moderate social prosperity in china by the year 2020. analysts say the new target is likely to be reflected in the country's next five-year economic plan. chinese communist party leaders gathered last week to discuss the plan. they issued a communique, saying they'll try to maintain medium to high economic growth, but no target was mentioned. >>> nissan motors is posting record profits in the first six months for fiscal 2015 due to brisk sales overseas and the weaker yen. company officials said global sales from the april through september period brought in about $49 billion. that's up more than 15% in yen terms from last year. net income for the half year rose 37% to $2.7 billion. nissan expects net income for the fiscal year through march to rise about 10% higher than its previous projection to $4.4 billion. now, officials with nissan say they suspect a takata airbag caused the injury of a passenger in one of their

xinhua news agency says the leaders will discuss ways to pursue peaceful development. in 1949, china's national party commanders lost a civil war against the communists and they withdrew to taiwan and cross-strait relations have been strained ever since. in the late '90s, the then taiwanese president inflamed the situation. he said the sides had a state-to-state relationship. beijing and taipei ceased all communication. the opposition democratic progressive party succeeded lee and regarded chen as pro-independence and relations worsened. things changed in 2008 with the election of the nationalist party as president. ma reopened cross-strait dialogue through liaison offices in taiwan and china. he also started direct flights to china. last year, the taiwanese leader oversaw the first ministerial level meeting with beijing. ma will leave office in about six months. voters will go to the polls in january to choose his successor. ma hopes to use the talks with xi to show how far his government has improved ties with beijing. >>> japan supreme court has heard two separate l