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CHINA DAILY - Tuesday December 16,2008
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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.
Cross Straits links
The daily direct cross-Straits transport links that began yesterday would further facilitate exchanges and cut trade costs, experts on both sides said yesterday.
Nation
A long-awaited draft law designed to ensure people get compensation when their civil rights are infringed upon will be submitted to the national legislature for its second review next week, six years after its first reading.
China Scene
Ignorant thieves squander potentially lucrative heist
Insight
It seems the most unlikely of offices for the country's largest turbine maker, but Xiao Min, a deputy general manager of a subsidiary of the Dongfang Turbine Co Ltd, is not complaining.
Comment
China and the United States will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in two weeks. Sino-US relations have undergone profound changes over the past three decades.
Opinion
Japan's political landscape was again rocked when Yasuo Fukuda, who championed proactive advancement of the country's China ties, suddenly announced his resignation as prime minister on Sept 1.
International
Scientists have managed to train rats with hearing defects to pick out sounds from background noise, giving a possible solution to hearing-impaired children with difficulties in learning language.
International
Thai opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva became the country's third prime minister in as many months yesterday, taking control with a slender majority in parliament and an economy teetering on the brink of recession.
Business
Ningdong, Ningxia: Construction of major projects in a 50-billion-yuan energy cluster, one of the largest coal chemical bases in Asia, started yesterday in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
Business
US regulators never inspected Bernard Madoff's investment advisory business, alleged to be a Ponzi scheme that cost investors $50 billion, after he subjected it to oversight two years ago, people familiar with the case said.
Life
It's a sunny Sunday morning and Jeff Wang is setting out for a morning's sailing with his four mates.
Sports
ROME: Juventus kept their own title hopes alive while dealing a potentially fatal blow to those of AC Milan with a thrilling 4-2 victory at Turin's Stadio Olimpico on Sunday.
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