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Mainland tourists arrive on historic flights to Taiwan

HUNDREDS of mainland tourists arrived in Taiwan today on the first regular weekend chartered flights in nearly six decades, marking a historic step toward a warming relation across the Straits. The first of the... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Jul 04 2008

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