Transportation & Infrastructure

First Direct Flights from China to Taiwan

The first direct commercial flights from Guangzhou, mainland China, to Taipei, Taiwan, marked a significant step in cross-strait relations. This momentous occasion followed over five decades of restricted air travel since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. Soon after the arrival of the inaugural flight, a China Airlines flight from Taipei also landed in Beijing, illustrating a new phase of direct transportation links between the two regions.

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