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.
Young entrepreneurs, village chiefs, night market vendors, dispute mediators, meteorologists, among others, are attending an annual cross-Strait exchange event in Xiamen City.
Top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng has wished start-ups of young entrepreneurs from Taiwan a success in the Chinese mainland thanks to the supportive environment in the mainland.
Fifty-two Taiwan residents have been arrested in Turkey for alleged fraud, said Taiwan authorities on Tuesday.
Zhang Zhijun, the Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief, has warned that "Taiwan independence" will lead to nothing but "a dead end."
Taiwan's new leader Tsai Ing-wen should acknowledge the 1992 Consensus as soon as possible for the sake of the Taiwan people, a mainland scholar urged on Monday.
Media in Hong Kong and Macao said on Saturday that the Chinese mainland's Taiwan Affairs authorities' response to the inaugural speech made by the new leader of the Taiwan authorities has expressed firm stance while revealing flexibility and enough goodwill.
Throughout his two terms, Taiwan's former leader Ma Ying-jeou brought the island closer to the mainland, increasing the number of tourists, business deals and talks across the Straits to a level not thought possible a decade ago, experts say.
Taiwan's new leader Tsai Ing-wen took office on Friday. Tsai, of the Democratic Progressive Party, won Taiwan's leadership election on Jan. 16.
Hundreds of people from different parties and groups in Taiwan rallied on Wednesday in front of the headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), calling for adherence to the 1992 Consensus and maintaining peace across the Taiwan Strait.
Next-generation Shinkansen cars developed for the overseas market by Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) and others are expected to be adopted for Taiwan’s high-speed railway line, according to sources.
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.
The Chinese mainland's request for Taiwan to recognize the 1992 Consensus is reasonable, and the mainland has not made any other requests of the next Taiwan leader.
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