China Taiwan earthshift?

For the first time since the Maoist revolution, the President of China has sent a message directly to the Taiwanese leader. It congratulated him on his election win.

"I hope both our parties can continue to promote peaceful development in cross-strait relations, and help bolster mutual trust between the two sides in political affairs," Hu's telegram said. China's state-owned Xinhua News Agency has confirmed that Hu sent the note.

China and Taiwan have communicated through lower downs forever, (and apparently, Hu and Ma communicated when Ma was a minority figure,) BUT, direct leader to leader contact, however banal, is a major diplomatic watershed.