Chinese general slams US for violating ‘national interests’ over Taiwan

August 31st, 2009 TAIPEI/BEIJING - Taiwan and China launched regular direct flights Monday, ending Taipei's six-decade ban on air links with the mainland imposed at the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. Taiwan and Chinese airlines will operate a total of 270 round-trip flights per week, up from the current 108 charter flights.

August 22nd, 2009 Obama to visit China in NovemberBEIJING — President Barack Obama will visit China for the first time in November, the new U.S. ambassador said Saturday, a day after he arrived in the country.

August 16th, 2009 QINGDAO - Twenty-two Chinese crew of a Panama-registered freighter have been missing after the vessel was hit by Typhoon Morakot east of Taiwan, officials said Sunday. The search for the missing seamen is under way, the officials in Qingdao City said.

July 27th, 2009 Taiwan and China leaders exchange messagesTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese and Chinese leaders have directly exchanged messages for the first time in 60 years amid warming ties. A Nationalist party press statement says Monday's correspondence originated with a congratulatory message from Chinese President Hu Jintao to Taiwan's leader Ma Ying-jeou after he won an election for the ruling party's chairmanship.

July 16th, 2009 TAIPEI, Taiwan — The 100-strong Chinese delegation boycotted the opening ceremony of the World Games in Taiwan on Thursday, underscoring the limits of the historic breakthrough in relations between Taipei and Beijing. The Chinese gesture is likely to ruffle feathers on this democratic island of 23 million people, which under President Ma Ying-jeou has moved aggressively to improve ties with the mainland, its once-bitter enemy.

June 23rd, 2009 BEIJING - Chinese and US military officials will seek ways to cooperate on various issues, including maritime disputes and nuclear disarmament, when they meet for the 10th Defense Consultative Talks (DCT) here on Tuesday. "There are many areas for cooperation, despite disagreements.

June 5th, 2009 BEIJING - China has expressed deep discontent and resolute opposition to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's call for Beijing to publish the names of those killed or missing in the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989. Clinton has urged China to openly look into the June 3-4, 1989, incident and give an accounting of those killed, missing or detained during the military crackdown.

May 31st, 2009 China sends large group to buy Taiwanese goodsTAIPEI, Taiwan — A group of Chinese computer and home appliance manufacturers arrived Sunday with plans to buy billions of dollars worth of goods and components from Taiwan, officials and news reports said. Officials from 46 Chinese companies, including big manufacturers such as Lenovo and Haier, have joined the buy-Taiwan group, group leader Li Shuilin said.

April 27th, 2009 Freighter rams wooden ship off Taiwan, 11 rescuedHONOLULU — Relatives of Hawaii-based crew members of a 54-foot wooden Chinese ship say a freighter rammed and sunk the ship off the coast of Taiwan and that 11 crew members were rescued. Relatives said crew members clung to floating wreckage for five hours Saturday in a storm 20 to 30 miles offshore from Taiwan before they were picked up.

April 24th, 2009 2 China tourists killed by falling crane in TaiwanTAIPEI, Taiwan — The Taipei mayor says a falling crane from a high-rise building under construction has crushed a bus in Taiwan's capital. He says two Chinese tourists have been killed and three others seriously injured.

April 24th, 2009 Taiwan and China to increase economic cooperationTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan and China will discuss a partial free trade agreement and sign pacts this weekend to increase economic cooperation, a senior Taiwanese negotiator said Friday. The statement by Straits Exchange Foundation Chairman Chiang Pin-kung comes amid efforts by President Ma Ying-jeou to turn the corner on his predecessor's pro-independence policies and open a new era in relations with the mainland, from which Taiwan split during a civil war in 1949.

April 19th, 2009 Taiwan receives 3,000 Chinese tourists per dayTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan has reached its goal of hosting 3,000 Chinese tourists a day as ties between the two rivals continue to strengthen, the government said Sunday. Chinese tourist arrivals averaged 3,013 people per day so far this month, compared with the daily average of 580 over the past eight months, the Immigration Agency said on its Web site.

April 18th, 2009 Taiwan to discuss trade agreement with ChinaTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan will discuss a partial free trade agreement with China and sign pacts to enhance economic cooperation during high-level talks in late April, negotiators said Saturday. President Ma Ying-jeou has worked aggressively since taking office last May to turn a corner on his predecessor's anti-China policy and improve economic and trade ties with the mainland.

March 26th, 2009 BEIJING - China has expressed strong dissatisfaction over a US Congress resolution to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, saying it is an interference in its internal affairs. 'China is strongly dissatisfied and has lodged a solemn representation over the resolution adopted to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act,' Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement Wednesday.

December 30th, 2008 BEIJING - China Wednesday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the announcement of Message to Compatriots in Taiwan that ended its military confrontation with Taipei. In the message, 30 years ago, China proposed to end the military confrontation across the Taiwan Strait through dialog and welcomed exchanges between the two sides.