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Article: China rejects Taiwan's offer to restart direct flights.(Brief Article)
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- October 13, 2004
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Taiwan's offer to restart direct flights between Taiwan and China has been rejected by the Chinese authorities who have refused to contemplate the idea until the direct flights are called 'domestic' flights.
China's Taiwan Affairs Office refused to discuss the matter and referred to the Chinese government's 'one China' policy in which it believes that Taiwan is a province of China and should return to Chinese control. The move comes ahead of December 2004's Taiwanese election in which the Democrat ...