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Article: Taiwan concerned over implications of direct flights.(Brief Article)
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- January 12, 2005
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China's proposal for one-off, direct flights between China and Taiwan during the Lunar New Year has raised some concerns in Taiwan.
The proposal is seen as a move to ease tension between the two sides. The direct flights between Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xiamen in China and Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung in Taiwan would end a ban on direct flights that has been in place for decades. Since the split between mainland China and Taiwan in 1949 the island has banned direct flights, forcing services between China and Taiwan to go mainly via Hong Kong or Macau.
The proposal from ...