Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Yu Zhengsheng

positive attitude: Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of China top legislative advisory body, told the forum that the key to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations was opposing Taiwan independence, according to Asahi Shimbun. Yu also said the forum could discuss ways for Taiwan to participate with the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. We must use a healthy attitude, a positive attitude to welcome an era of cross-strait cooperation." Chu, a likely candidate for the island presidency in next year election, spoke at a cross-strait economic and cultural forum in Shanghai attended by representatives from small and medium-sized businesses. Taiwan had wanted to join as a charter member but was left off the list by Beijing, which doesn't want the island to use a name in the institution that would suggest it is a country. Chu is the third Nationalist chairman to visit the mainland and the first since 2009. Chu, who took over as party leader in January, is expected to hold talks with President and Communist Party Secretary-General Xi Jinping in Beijing May 4. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.