China, Taiwan sign landmark pacts on direct flights, tourism

China, Taiwan sign landmark pacts on direct flights, tourism

BEIJING, China - Chen Yunlin (L), director of China's Association for Relations Across the Straits, and Chiang Pin-kun, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, raise their glasses at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 13 after signing historic pacts on expanding direct charter flights and tourism links between the two. (Kyodo)

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