Taiwan's costly high-speed railway, a major north-south transport route, may be decommissioned within 10 years if earth sinking in central Taiwan continue, said a senior infrastructure official on Tuesday.
The mainland and Taiwan should strengthen cooperation in five aspects of ocean-related issues, a top Chinese oceanic official said Monday.
Chinese mainland on Sunday announced a raft of measures on tourism, transportation, farmers and food safety to boost Taiwan's economic growth and cross-Strait relations.
Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen residents to be first visitors in pilot program
The date when mainland tourists can visit Taiwan as individuals was officially confirmed on Sunday. The first phase of the pilot travel program will apply to residents in Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen.
The number of Chinese mainland tourists traveling to Taiwan reached 2.34 million as of the end of May, a top tourism official said on Sunday.
The Chinese mainland and Taiwan have agreed to strengthen cooperation and exchanges on security of nuclear power plants and food safety, a mainland official said Sunday.
The Chinese mainland and Taiwan on Sunday announced to increase the number of cross-Strait passenger flights by more than 50 percent to 558 per week.
The Chinese mainland and Taiwan will launch on June 28 a pilot travel program that will allow mainlanders to visit Taiwan individually, a Taiwan affairs official said Sunday.
Many of China's best examples of cultural heritage are separated by the Taiwan Straits, but now, museum curators on both sides hope their isolated collections may finally be united with their companion pieces, Eric Jou reports.
Wearing traditional costumes of Taiwan's aboriginal Atayal ethnic minority, Tsai Ping-kun is introducing specialty products and tourist sites at a promotion conference in China's southeastern coastal city of Xiamen.
Top Chinese political advisor Jia Qinglin said Saturday that the sound development of relations between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan "must be maintained" and "progress must be advanced."
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