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Line 2: ==2008-2009== In 2008 Taiwan president [[Ma Ying-jeou]] initially planned to deliver a [[cross-strait]] cultural exchange dictionary (中華大辭典) that people on either side of the strait [[Taiwan]] or [[mainland China]] can use.<ref>[http://news.hkheadline.com/instantnews/news_content/201202/08/20120208e115200.html?cat=e]</ref><ref>[http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2012/02/09/331057/Online-databases.htm]</ref> Further discussions were held in July 2009 at [[Changsha]] on the collaboration of the project and reduce the differences between the different sets of characters.<ref>[http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=340253&id=5&id2=1]</ref> For example the Chinese word for software is known as "ruanti" (軟體) in Taiwan, but "ruanjian" (軟件) in mainland China.<ref>[http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2012/02/09/331057/p2/Online-databases.htm]</ref> The database could help point out differences in the divergence of words caused by over 60 years of separation between the two regions. ==2012==

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