Editing Lien Chan (section)

===2014 visit to Beijing===
Lien and delegates from 80 business leaders and civil group representatives, including former [[Taiwan Solidarity Union]] Chairman [[Shu Chin-chiang]], visited Beijing on 17 February to meet with [[Zhang Zhijun]], the head of [[Taiwan Affairs Office]], and on 18 February with [[Xi Jinping]], [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] [[Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP Central Committee]], at the [[Diaoyutai State Guesthouse]] for non-governmental exchanges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/acs/201402140048.aspx |title=Lien has no specific mission on upcoming visit to China: spokesman &#124; Cross-Strait Affairs &#124; FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS |publisher=Focustaiwan.tw |date=2014-02-14 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222061120/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/acs/201402140048.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> This 3-day trip came after the invitation from the [[Chinese Communist Party]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2014/02/15/400667/Lien-Chan.htm |title=Lien Chan set to meet Xi during 3-day trip to China |newspaper=The China Post |date=2014-02-15 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152613/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2014/02/15/400667/Lien-Chan.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/03/05/2003584920 |title=TSU expels former chairman, revokes party membership |newspaper=[[Taipei Times]] |date=2014-05-22 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304194604/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/03/05/2003584920 |url-status=live }}</ref>