China Eyes Landmark Non-Stop Flights with Taiwan
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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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QANTAS chief executive Geoff Dixon has identified China and India as linchpins of planned expansion in Asia, saying it would begin flights to Beijing within a year.
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Taiwan and China agreed Saturday to temporarily lift Taiwan's five-decade ban on direct flights between the two rivals &#151; a deal that could reduce tension in one of Asia's most dangerous flash points.
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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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Both Taiwan and China should see the issue of cross-strait direct transportation links as the initial step to creating mutual trust between each other, ahead of the concerns for regional peace, local scholars suggested yesterday.
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Commercial jetliners from Taiwan and China took off on Saturday for the first non-stop flights in 55 years across the narrow strait dividing the arch- foes, raising hopes for permanent air links and better ties.
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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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HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Air China Ltd. (0753.HK), the mainland&#39;s largest commercial airline, Thursday said the China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp.
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TAIPEI, Feb. 2 -- Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian inaugurated a runway on one of the disputed Spratly Islands on Saturday and insisted the archipelago belongs to Taiwan despite claims by China and several other Asian countries.
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Geneva - China is expected to be the world&#39;s fastest-growing market for air travel as the world&#39;s airlines look for global growth in passenger traffic of 6 percent annually over the next four years, the top industry body said on Wednesday.
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Asian countries are clamoring for planes to meet surging air travel demands, giving Boeing an edge in the region.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian set out for a landmark visit to the disputed Spratly Islands on Saturday to assert a territorial claim in a move likely to upset China, Vietnam and other nations.
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China is considering a plan to develop large passenger jets in a long-term, multi-billion dollar project that it hopes would wean it from reliance on Boeing Co.  and Airbus, industry sources said on Monday.
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Taiwan will top the agenda when US Secretary of State Colin Powell visits Beijing, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said yesterday, calling for Washington to end arms sales to the self-ruled island.
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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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China proposed on Wednesday direct  charter flights between four Chinese cities and Taiwan during  the Lunar New Year holidays in February.
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When China's late leader Deng Xiaoping dreamt up the "one country two systems" formula for Hong Kong, he had a bigger prize in mind: Taiwan.