Authorities from the mainland and Hong Kong Special Administration Region (SAR) agreed to consultations on enhancing a two-way reporting mechanism launched in 2000.
The government has never set quotas for mainland tourists traveling across the Taiwan Straits, the spokesman for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday about a recent decline in mainland tourists to the island.
In Chinese, the direct translation of "Mainland" is big land. For aspirational Taiwanese, this big land means a big market, big growth and big opportunities.
In Hong Kong, a city that lives for business, 2016 is shaping up as a year to forget.
Young entrepreneurs, village chiefs, night market vendors, dispute mediators, meteorologists, among others, are attending an annual cross-Strait exchange event in Xiamen City.
Crime bosses behind an Asia-wide phone scam racket that has fleeced hundreds of Hongkongers out of HK$350 million in less than a year have shifted their operations to the Philippines as the regional law enforcement noose tightens.
More than 100 taxi drivers gathered in Taipei on Wednesday to protest against Taiwan new leader Tsai Ing-wen's refusal to recognize the 1992 Consensus.
As Taiwan's new leader prepares for her inauguration, business people look for relations with the mainland to remain on an even keel
A total of 32 Taiwan fraudsters currently detained on the Chinese mainland have confessed to their crimes, said the Ministry of Public Security Saturday.
A total of 32 Taiwanese fraudsters currently detained on the Chinese mainland have confessed to their crimes, said the Ministry of Public Security here Saturday.
A total of 32 Taiwanese telecom fraud suspects deported from Malaysia in April will be investigated and may face prosecution on the mainland, said the Ministry of Public Security here Friday.
A proposed pop-up shopping centre near the border could open in August now that the project has been approved by the Buildings Department.
Wednesday is the first anniversary of the landmark meeting between Xi Jinping and then Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu.
If Hong Kong wants to attract more mainland tourists, it should focus on getting its citizens to behave well toward them and rehabilitate the city's tourist-friendly image, instead of worrying about easing travel restrictions on mainlanders, tourism experts said.
Overseas NGOs must secure approval from Chinese authorities before they can operate on the Chinese mainland, according to a new law adopted by China's top legislature Thursday.
Travel Industry Council executive director thinks the number of Chinese tour groups visiting the city could halve to 150; retailers are also pessimistic
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