Landmark Flights, Envoys Calm Taiwan-China Tension
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The exchange of historic flights between  China and Taiwan, a rare Beijing offer to restart stalled talks  and a private visit by senior Chinese officials all point to a  thaw in tensions in one of Asia's most dangerous hot spots.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian proposed on Tuesday to define direct transport links with rival China as cross-Strait routes, in a bid to bypass a longstanding political dispute, but Beijing is likely to ignore him.
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The first planes to fly non-stop between China and Taiwan since the two sides spilt in 1949 after a civil war departed, ferrying Taiwanese businesspeople home for the Lunar New Year holidays.
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CHINA BEIJING -- Chinese jetliners carrying Taiwanese passengers today made the first flights to Taiwan by mainland carriers since the two sides split amid civil war in 1949. An Air China Boeing 737, carrying about 300 passengers, traveled from Beijing to Taipei, followed by a Hainan Airlines plane that took off from Guangzhou. In Taiwan's capital, Taipei, a jetliner flying ...
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In a careful and conciliatory move, Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian called for wide-ranging peace talks with China in a bid to adopt a system to prevent an outbreak of war in the Taiwan Strait.
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China said Wednesday that peace with Taiwan can only be ensured if the island&#39;s leaders agree to unify with the mainland, brushing off suggestions that recent election wins by the Taiwanese opposition might ease tensions.
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The second-ranking U.S. diplomat and his Chinese counterpart hope to use two days of talks to ease tensions and strengthen ties between the world's strongest power and its fastest-growing upstart.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan, in a conciliatory gesture aimed at China's newly consolidated leadership, proposed a fresh start yesterday on long-suspended talks to improve relations and lower tension across the Taiwan Strait.
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The Olympic torch will not stop in Taiwan en route to the Beijing Games in 2008, Taiwanese officials said on Friday after talks broke down with China which considers the self-ruled island sovereign territory.
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Commenting on the remarks that &quot;the two sides across the Taiwan Straits will finally unite&quot; and &quot;Taiwan doesn&#39;t enjoy the sovereignty of a state&quot; made by US Secretary of State Colin Powell during his visit to Beijing on October 24 and 25, experts on the
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Taiwan and China reached a landmark deal on Saturday to allow nonstop charter flights over the Chinese New Year holidays, a move which could ease tensions and improve ties between the bitter political rivals.
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Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian&#39;s clear recognition of the agreement reached by the two sides of the Taiwan Straits in Hong Kong in 1992 could directly lead to the resumption of cross-Straits dialogue and negotiations.
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Taiwan and China reached a landmark deal  on Saturday to allow nonstop charter flights over the Chinese  New Year holidays, a move which could ease tensions and improve  ties between the bitter political rivals.
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Taipei, Oct. 10 (NNN): Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian has said he is ready for talks with communist China on defusing military tension between the two countries.
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Talks between diplomatic rivals Taiwan and China could resume if the island sticks to a 1992 interpretation of the &quot;one China&quot; principle, Chinese newspapers on Monday quoted a top negotiator with Taiwan as saying.
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Taiwan&#39;s President has used his National Day speech to urge China to begin peace talks so that the two rivals can avoid war. &quot;Because we can&#39;t communicate, there&#39;s a lot of misunderstanding,&quot; Chen Shui-bian said.
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China spurned Taiwan President Chen  Shui-bian's peace overtures Wednesday, accusing him of merely  paying lip service to easing tensions between the two arch  foes.