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Chinese mainland, Taiwan start direct transport services

&$ &$Passengers from southeast China's Taiwan gesture before boarding the plane at the airport in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 15, 2008. A Shenzhen Airlines flight took off from the Shenzhen Airport for Taiwan at 7:20 Beijing Time... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Mon, Dec 15 2008

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15 Dec 08 visit Mainland-bound direct flight takes off from Taipei  »  People's Daily A passenger plane of Taiwan-based TransAsia Airways took off from Taipei Songshan Airport for Shanghai at 8:06 a.m. on Monday, starting the direct air transport from Taiwan to the Chinese mainland. &$&$Source: Xinhua&$&$ ...
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