The growing popularity of personal stories written by authors from Taiwan is prompting greater understanding on both sides of the Straits, as Peng Yining reports.
Since the city’s 1997 handover, about 879,000 cross-border immigrants have made the city their home.
An online shopping holiday that originated on the Chinese mainland has spread to Taiwan, with intense media coverage and major shopping websites launching major sales.
Senior official Yu Zhengsheng on Wednesday called on entrepreneurs from both the mainland and Taiwan to contribute to advancing cross-Strait relations and opposing "Taiwan independence."
Hong Kong is losing its luster for the increasingly affluent, sophisticated mainland tourists during the National Day holiday.
In the eyes of K. Wah Group Chairman Lui Che-woo, the Chinese mainland remains a sound investment destination as he believes its economy will resume fast growth despite a recent slowdown.
Hong Kong, where people are crazy about their pets and world-renowned for their innovation, inspired Wong Pan Ben's smart pet feeder, but he drove to the neighboring city of Shenzhen to make his dream a reality.
Young people from the Chinese mainland have become less keen to pursue a career or study in Hong Kong, which is said to be caused by the region's changing social and employment environment.
The Chinese mainland will remove entry permit requirements for Taiwan residents, as top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng vowed to boost exchanges across the Taiwan Strait on Sunday.
The Chinese mainland welcomes Taiwan's participation in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) under an appropriate name, said a mainland spokesman on Wednesday.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said on Tuesday that the Individual Visit Scheme for tourists from the Chinese mainland is not expanding and the government is seeking to tighten it up.
The year 2014 saw continued growth of tax-free shopping around the world, with shoppers from the Chinese mainland being the biggest spending group, it was reported here Wednesday.
The resignation of Taiwan's mainland affairs chief Wang Yu-chi will not affect normalization of the cross-Strait contact mechanism, said a mainland official on Wednesday.
At least 32 people were confirmed dead and 12 others are still missing in Wednesday's TransAsia Airways plane crash, the island's response authority said late Thursday.
Sixteen of the 31 confirmed deaths in the Taiwan TransAsia Airways plane crash were Chinese mainland residents, according to the local disaster response authority.
A Taiwan TransAsia Airways plane crashed into a Taipei river on Wednesday morning, 13 have died and three are in a critical condition, a Xinhua reporter on the scene reported.
The Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Committee (ECC) on Thursday morning opened its seventh regular meeting in Taipei to review the implementation of a landmark trade agreement signed by the mainland and Taiwan in 2010.
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