Taiwan upbeat ahead of talks with China on landmark air links
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Taiwan was optimistic about negotiations with China to launch landmark direct flights between the two rivals for next month's Lunar New Year holidays, a government official said.
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TAIPEI : Taiwan has invited mainland China to send negotiators to Taipei to discuss direct charter flights for next February&#39;s Lunar New Year festive season.
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Chinese jetliners carrying Taiwanese took off Saturday on the first flights to rival Taiwan by mainland carriers since the two sides split amid civil war in 1949.
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China and Taiwan agree to allow non-stop direct flights during February's lunar new year holiday.
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TAIPEI - China is likely to have 800 ballistic missiles targeting Taiwan before the end of 2006, Taipei&#39;s defence minister said yesterday as he pressed the case for an US$18-billion ($30.
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Taiwan welcomed yesterday Japan&#39;s decision to issue a visa to former president Lee Teng-hui ( æç»è¼ ), while China demanded Japan rescind the move and warned bilateral ties would worsen if Lee was allowed to visit.
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China's top negotiator with Taiwan  aims to send senior envoys to attend his counterpart's funeral,  the state Xinhua news agency said Sunday, a day after the  rivals marked their first non-stop flights in more than 55  years.
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Taiwan seeks to shore up relations with its remaining allies after Costa Rica switches allegiance to China.
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China's relations with the United States were stable in the past year, with some "major" advances, according to a Foreign Ministry report, but frictions remain over Taiwan and trade, state media reported on Sunday.
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Taiwan Foreign Minister Mark Chen has  assured Washington that the island's intelligence officers did  nothing to hurt bilateral ties in their dealings with a former  U.S. diplomat, who is now under U.S. investigation.
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Taiwan&#39;s president has called for peace talks with its arch-enemy, China, in a national day speech hailed by the US as constructive.
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China proposed Wednesday one-off, non-stop charter flights between Chinese and Taiwan cities during the Lunar New Year holidays in February in a move seen aimed at easing tension between the foes.
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China intends to marginalize Taiwan, and that is why it signed a trade pact with ASEAN states at the regional summit meeting in Laos on Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday.
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China is on high alert for moves toward  independence by Taiwan as the island's president, Chen  Shui-bian, speeds up his efforts to split Taiwan from the  motherland, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Shanghai, a financial and economic center of China, pledged to build itself into an air transport hub for Asia and Pacific region and a key link in the world&#39;s aviation network
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Taiwan's leader on Saturday promised to make an "important announcement" in his National Day speech that will improve icy relations with rival China and strengthen ties with the United States &#151; the island's most important friend.
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Marshall Islands President Kessai Note will travel to Taiwan next week on a trip expected to pave the way for a return visit by Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian as part of a tour of Taipei's handful of Pacific allies next year, officials said.