Direct era takes shape across Straits
By Bao Daozu | China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-16 07:55
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Top: Passengers board an Air China charter plane at Tianjin International Airport yesterday as they left for Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei. Direct air and sea transport as well as postal services were launched across the Taiwan Straits yesterday for the first time since 1949. Above: Workers on a cargo ship bound for the mainland release confetti during a ceremony before setting sail from Keelung yesterday. Yang Shizhong and Reuters |
The mainland and Taiwan launched daily direct passenger flights, shipping routes and postal services yesterday for the first time in 60 years as once icy ties begin to thaw.
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