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Date set for individual tours to Taiwan

| National
2011-6-13

A TRIAL program of individual tours to Taiwan for people from Shanghai and two other Chinese mainland cities will begin on June 28. Wang Yi, director of the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office, announced the...

Taiwan woman in death plunge

| Metro
2011-5-5

THE only daughter of Taiwan's top examination official plunged to her death from a Shanghai high-rise in the early hours of yesterday morning. Wendy Kuan, 34, fell from a residential complex in Xuhui District...

Buying centers

Business | Retail
2011-3-17

THE Chinese mainland encouraged its enterprises to establish purchasing centers in Taiwan for the island's farm produce, a mainland official said yesterday. The centers could help mainland enterprises buy farm...

Mainland urges Taiwan to make every effort to find tour group

| National
2010-10-28

THE Chinese mainland yesterday called on Taiwan to make every effort in the search for 19 mainland tourists and their guide, missing on the island. Yang Yi, the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman,...

Trade with Taiwan up 55.9%

Business | Foreign investment
2010-9-16

TRADE between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan totaled US$81.91 billion in the first seven months of this year, up 55.9 percent year on year, a mainland official of Taiwan affairs said in Shenyang yesterday. Sun...

110,000 applicants take aim at 3,416 jobs

Metro | Jobs/human resources
2010-2-10

THE city's Taiwan Affairs Office is the plum that's most avidly sought by applicants for government office posts, according to data about civil-servant exam applications released yesterday. More than 110,000...

Mainland firms seal US$14b deals in Taiwan

Business | Foreign investment
2009-12-31

A Chinese mainland official said yesterday that mainland businesses had sealed deals to buy US$14 billion worth of products in Taiwan in the first 11 months of this year. Fan Liqing, a spokeswoman for the State...

Economic boost for cross-strait relations

| National
2009-5-29

THE Chinese mainland will take further measures to boost economic cooperation with Taiwan in a joint effort to cope with the global economic downturn, a senior official said yesterday. The comment came from Wang...

Free yuan conversion in Taiwan on cards

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2006-12-28

THE Chinese mainland has expressed its willingness to discuss the possibility of free convertibility of yuan in Taiwan.

Mainland arrests 2 Taiwan businessmen spies

| National
2006-11-15

THE Chinese mainland has arrested two Taiwan businessmen suspected of spying for the island, a government spokesman said today, confirming a report in Taiwan media.