First, they are clearly worried that the Kuomintang, which lost last year’s local elections in a landslide, will lose the general election in January as well. Both hope that showing that China and Taiwan can get along without too much trouble will bring electoral benefits for the Nationalists.
习近平和马英九的会面似乎有两个原因。首先，他们显然担心在去年的地方选举中一败涂地的国民党将在1月的大选中也败下阵来。双方都希望，表明中国和台湾能够不太麻烦地携手共进能够为国民党增加选票。