In pictures: Cross-strait "direct links" start Monday
2008-12-15 07:21:44 GMT2008-12-15 15:21:44 (Beijing Time)
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(From L to R) Chen Yunlin, president of the Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, Li Shenglin, Chinese minister of communications, Lien Chan, Kuomintang honorary chairman, Zhang Gaoli, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and chief of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee, Zheng Wantong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Wang Yi, director o
Mainland resident Zheng Jian, 81, who was born in southeast China's Taiwan, posts a letter to his Taiwan relatives at the ceremony marking the start of direct postal service between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 15, 2008. The Chinese mainland and Taiwan started direct air and sea transport and postal service Monday morning. (Xinhua/Wang Yongji)
Wang Zaixi (R), vice chairman of the Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, addresses the ceremony for the start of direct sea transport between China's mainland and Taiwan, at Mawei port in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Dec. 15, 2008. The Chinese mainland and Taiwan started direct air and sea transport and postal services Monday morning. (Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)
Freight ships are seen at a ceremony marking the start of direct sea transport between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan at Keelung Harbor of southeast China's Taiwan, Dec. 15, 2008. The Chinese mainland and Taiwan started direct air and sea transport and postal service Monday morning. (Xinhua/Chen Binhua)
People perform lion dance at a ceremony marking the start of direct sea transport between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan at Keelung Harbor of southeast China's Taiwan, Dec. 15, 2008. The Chinese mainland and Taiwan started direct air and sea transport and postal service Monday morning. (Xinhua/Chen Binhua)
The Chinese mainland and Taiwan started direct air and sea transport and postal services Monday morning.
