PFP leader leaves Taiwan for mainland
(AP)
Updated: 2005-05-05 11:51

Chairman of Taiwan's second largest opposition party, James Soong, waves goodbye with his wife Viola Chen as they leave for a landmark visit to the mainland May 5, 2005 at the Chiang Kai-shek Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Soong became Taiwan's second opposition leader to travel to the mainland, aiming to ease tensions between the two. [AP] James Soong, chairman of Taiwan's People First Party, speaks during a news conference in Taipei May 4, 2005. Soong, who is the second opposition leader to go to the mainland to build bridges with the mainland, in a move seen to further put pressure on independence-minded Chen Shui-bian to reconcile with Beijing. [Reuters]