Taiwan on Wednesday renewed its call on China to withdraw more than 1,000 missiles targeting the island amid improving ties between the formal bitter rivals.
"If the Chinese side wants to show goodwill, it actually can voluntarily remove the missiles. This does not require cross-strait negotiations," Wang Yu-chi, Taiwan's top China policy maker, said at a parliamentary session.
Although Taiwan has been governed separately from mainland China since a civil war ended in 1949, Beijing still claims the island as part of its territory awaiting reunification, by force if necessary.
Taiwanese experts estimate the People's Liberation Army has more than 1,600 missiles aimed at the island.
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