Direct links between China’s mainland and Taiwan

[2008-12-23 17:02:38]

Direct links between China’s mainland and Taiwan
Tuesday,December 16,2008 Posted: 09:51 BJT(0151 GMT)
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It quoted the website of China Central Government on 15 inst. that the Chinese mainland and Taiwan started direct air and sea transport and postal services in the morning of 14 inst. for which the latest step is to improve once-strained ties. The direct daily transport started as a mainland-based Shenzhen Airlines flight took off from the Shenzhen Airport for Taiwan at 7:20 a.m.. More than 40 minutes later, a Taiwan-based Trans Asia Airways jetliner left Taipei for Shanghai.

The flight time from Shanghai to Taipei has been cut by more than one hour, to 80 minutes, as planes are no longer required to fly through Hong Kong's airspace, a detour that the Taiwan authorities formerly insisted on citing security concerns.

Source: 中华人民共和国商务部
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