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Shao Qiwei (1st L), chairman of the Cross-Straits Tourism Communication Association (CSTCA) of the Chinese mainland, speaks after presenting a gift to Chinese Kuomintang Honorary Chairman Lien Chan (C) and his wife Lien Fang-yu, in Taipei of southeast China's Taiwan Province July 5, 2008. Shao paid a visit to Lien on Saturday. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>> |
KMT honorary chairman hails weekend charter flights, mainland tourist trips
TAIPEI, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The weekend charter flights carrying mainland tourists across the Taiwan Straits contributed to the peaceful development of the cross-Straits relationship and opened a new page in the Chinese nation's prosperity, said Chinese Kuomintang honorary chairman Lien Chan on Saturday.
"We had been waiting for the day for almost 60 years, and had gone through some difficult periods," said Lien in a meeting with Shao Qiwei, chairman of the Cross-Straits Tourism Communication Association (CSTCA) here on Saturday. Full story