Wednesday is the first anniversary of the landmark meeting between Xi Jinping and then Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu.
Archaeologists in Taiwan have found a 4,800-year-old human fossil of a mother holding an infant child in her arms, museum officials said on Tuesday.
The 77 alleged telecom fraud syndicate members deported from Kenya earlier this month will be tried on Chinese mainland, a Ministry of Public Security (MPS) official said here Thursday.
The Chinese mainland said Wednesday that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) would address the issue of Taiwan's membership request under the "One China" principle.
Various achievements made during the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations would suffer if the political basis of the 1992 Consensus were undermined, a mainland spokesperson said Wednesday.
The Chinese mainland opposes any attempt to undermine the foundation of cross-Strait negotiations or imposition of artificial barriers to related process and the development of cross-Strait relations, a mainland spokesperson said Wednesday.
The Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief Zhang Zhijun underlined the importance of the 1992 Consensus for future exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday.
Cherry blossom bedecks the paths that wind for miles through Hsieh Tung-ching's tea plantation, attracting tens of thousands of visitors every day in spring.
Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou said Wednesday that the 1992 Consensus is the political foundation for both sides of the Taiwan Strait and helps build a "cross-Strait bridge" for peaceful exchanges.
A clear message was sent out from the top legislature's annual session that the Chinese mainland has strong determination and sufficient goodwill in the development of relations across the Taiwan Strait.
President Xi Jinping on Saturday warned against "Taiwan independence," saying that national secession should not be repeated.
Taiwan should expand the use of an early warning system for earthquakes that could give valuable seconds for people to react before deadly quake waves arrive, the island's quake research institute said Thursday.
A Chinese mainland spokesman on Wednesday criticized a Taiwan legislator's proposal that would remove portraits of Sun Yat-sen from schools and government buildings in the island.
Heavy machines work at the rescue site of the Wei Guan building toppled by a strong quake in Tainan, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 10, 2016. The 6.7-magnitude earthquake, which struck southern Taiwan early Saturday, has killed at least 39 people in the collapse of the Wei Guan building, a 16-storey residential complex.
The death toll of a 6.7-magnitude quake which hit Taiwan early Saturday rose to 35 Monday as rescuers working overnight pulled out another body from under the debris.
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck southern Taiwan had climbed to 29 by 8:00 p.m. Sunday.
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