A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday expressed the mainland's opposition to the Dalai Lama visiting Taiwan.
The 53-year-old bus driver who slammed a tour bus near Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei back in July, killing 26 people, was suicidal, according to law enforcement investigators.
The Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief on Monday encouraged Taiwanese farmers and fishermen to participate in cross-Strait exchanges and cooperation and safeguard the achievements of the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.
An annual city forum between Shanghai and Taipei was held at the Regent Taipei Hotel on Tuesday.
A Chinese mainland spokesperson said on Monday that Taiwan should make concrete efforts for the resumption of cross-Strait communication.
Visa-free entry, more halal outlets among efforts to cushion drop in number of mainland tourists
Mainland official blasts Taiwan's road safety record which has seen 90 visitors die and 390 injured since 2008
Four mainland officials left Beijing Wednesday noon for Taiwan to assist families of victims of a serious bus accident.
Twenty-six people have died after a tour bus caught fire on a highway near Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan on Tuesday.
Twenty-six people have died after a tour bus caught fire on a highway near Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan on Tuesday.
A tourist coach caught fire in a highway near Taoyuan Airport on Tuesday, killing 26 people on board, including 24 mainland tourists from northeastern Liaoning Province.
Taiwan has arrested three foreign suspects over a US$2.5 million (S$3.4 million) cyberheist in which malware was used to hack into a major local bank's ATM network and bags of cash were stolen, the police said on Monday (July 18).
A Chinese mainland official on Sunday warned that recent behavior of Taiwan authorities had increased uncertainty in the region.
Taiwan is responsible for stalling communication between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday.
Taiwan plans to test-fire its newest anti-missile system for the first time in the United States in July, a defence source and media reports said on Monday.
One month after Taiwan's new leader Tsai Ing-wen assumed office, the island is not short of protests and disputes over policy reversals, and businessmen increasingly complain about the dawdling economy.
Experts from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have jointly compiled a modern history book of China, the first since 1949.
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