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July 1, 2010: President Ma Ying-jeou establishes a post- Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) task force on investment climate. July, 5, 2010: Delegation from Guangxi leaves Taiwan after signing $2.2 billion in deals. July 7, 2010: Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) poll shows 61 percent support for ECFA. July 8, 2010: First special Legislative Yuan (LY) Session convenes on ECFA. July 12, 2010: Hu Jintao receives Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung. July 26, 2010: Bank of China (BOC) and Bank of Taiwan (BOT) branches in Hong Kong sign new cross-Strait Renmenbi settlement agreement. July 26, 2010: New Second Artillery Corps base is established in Shaoguan, Guangdong. July 30, 2010: People‟s Republic of China (PRC) Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng says discussions on military mutual trust can begin. July 30, 2010: Taipei Ministry of National Defense (MND) welcomes Geng‟s statement; MAC reiterates that economics is still main focus. Aug. 1, 2010: Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) Vice Chairman Zhang Mingqing arrives in Taipei for 9-day visit. Aug. 3, 2010: Taipei‟s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) hosts investment seminar in Beijing. Aug. 3, 2010: Large Hunan provincial delegation ends visit to Taiwan. Aug. 5, 2010: Singapore and Taipei announce talks to explore possibility of a World Trade Organization (WTO)-based economic cooperation agreement. Aug. 5, 2010: Beijing‟s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) calls on Taiwan to uphold the common foundation for cross-Strait relations; Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on countries to abide by one-China principle. Aug. 5, 2010: Presidential Office in Taipei welcomes Beijing‟s decision not to obstruct Taiwan signing economic cooperation agreements. Aug. 6, 2010: Cross-Strait civil air talks reach agreement on additional cross-Strait flights. North Korea-South Korea Relations 77 October 2010 Aug. 11, 2010: Referendum Review Committee again rejects Taiwan Solidarity Union‟s (TSU) ECFA referendum proposal. Aug. 16, 2010: US Department of Defense (DoD) releases report on military and security developments in People‟s Republic of China. Aug. 16, 2010: Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua leads large delegation to Taiwan. Aug. 17, 2010: Second LY special session ratifies ECFA. Aug. 18, 2009: LY passes amendments to Customs Import Tariff Act needed to implement ECFA. Aug. 18, 2010: DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen says when the DPP regains power, people will decide the fate of the ECFA. Aug. 18, 2010: Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Pin-kung says his goal is to conclude investment protection and medical cooperation agreements by year end. Aug. 22, 2010: TAO Deputy Chair Zheng Lizhong begins low-key visit to Taiwan. Aug. 24, 2010: US State Department confirms it has notified three commercial arms sales related to Taiwan‟s air defense and Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) radar systems. Aug. 25, 2010: China and Taiwan stage large joint anti-fraud raid. Aug. 27, 2010: Beijing MFA calls on US to revoke recent commercial arms sales. Aug. 30, 2010: Taiwan and Hong Kong‟s quasi-official trade promotion associations hold first joint meeting in Taipei. Aug. 31, 2010: Taipei disapproves sale of Nanshan Insurance to a Hong Kong consortium that includes Chinese funding. Aug. 31, 2010: Taipei releases MND‟s annual report on PRC military. Sept. 1, 2010: Philippine Deputy Trade Secretary Adrian Cristobel expects trade pact with Taipei within one year. Sept. 2, 2010: PRC Culture Minister Cai Wu leads large delegation to Taiwan. Sept. 2, 2010: Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs launches public campaign for meaningful participation in International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Sept. 6, 2010: White House officials Lawrence Summers and Thomas Donilon visit Beijing. North Korea-South Korea Relations 78 October 2010 Sept. 6, 2010: Cross-Strait forum on culture held in Taipei. Sept. 8, 2010: Yangzijiang Shipbuilding becomes first Chinese company to list Taiwan depository receipts (TDRs) on Taiwan Stock Exchange. Sept. 9, 2010: Jia Qinglin meets Lien Chan in Shanghai, talks of building a consensus for dealing with difficult issues in the future. Sept. 10, 2010: Jia Qinglin attends Taiwan Compatriot Association Forum and speaks of deepening exchanges. Sept. 12, 2010: ECFA and intellectual property rights agreements come into effect. Sept. 13, 2010: Beijing announces approval for joint cross-Strait undersea cables. Sept. 13, 2010: Large Shanxi province delegation arrives in Taiwan. Sept. 15, 2010: Beijing approves applications for four Taiwan banks to open branches. Sept. 16, 2010: Chinese and Taiwan Coast Guard units conduct search and rescue drill. Sept. 18, 2010: ARATS President Chen Yunlin meets SEF Chair Chiang Pin-kung in Kunshan, but no agreements announced. Sept. 18, 2010: Vice Minister of Public Security Chen Zhimin concludes visit to Taiwan. Sept. 22, 2010: Premier Wen Jiabao tells Chinese media in New York that missiles targeting Taiwan will eventually be removed. Sept. 23, 2010: Taipei approves Bell Operating Company (BOC) and Bank of Communications (BoCom) applications for first PRC banks to open representative offices in Taiwan. Sept. 24, 2010: Premier Wu Den-yih welcomes Premier Wen‟s statement on removal of missiles. Sept. 25, 2010: Commerce Vice Minister Chen Jian leads delegation to Taiwan. Sept. 28, 2010: Premier Wu reiterates that the time is not ripe for political talks or confidence-building measures (CBMs). Sept. 29, 2010: US DoD announces resumption of US-China military-to-military exchanges.