China Southern Airlines makes historic landing in Taiwan
Taipei, July 4 (CNA) A China Southern Airlines (CSA) plane, with more than 100 Chinese tourists among 258 passengers aboard, landed at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Friday, making it the first nonstop weekend cross-strait charter flight to arrive from China.
The CSA Airbus A330, piloted by the carrier's president Liu Shaoyong, touched down at 8: 05 a.m. after a 100-minute flight from southern China's Guangzhou City.
President Chen Shui-bian (right) receives U.S. Representatives Solomon
Ortiz (center) and Steve Chabot (left) at the Presidential Office
Wednesday. Ortiz arrived here Jan. 5 for a six-day visit while Chabot
arrived here Jan. 8 for a four-day visit.
CNA photo, Jan. 9, 2008
Taipei, July 6 (CNA) China's second-highest negotiator with Taiwan arrived in Taipei Sunday to attend a seminar on the development of cross-Taiwan Strait relations.
Taipei, July 6 (CNA) The country's top economic planning body welcomed Sunday an Executive Yuan decision to build a freeway connecting the northeastern coastal towns of Suao in Yilan County and Hoping in the eastern county of Hualien, known as the Suhua expressway.
London, July 6 (CNA) Taiwan's Tsung-Hua Yang and Hsieh Cheng-peng defeated Matt Reid and Bernard Tomic of Australia Sunday to capture the title of the boys doubles event at Junior Wimbledon.
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