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Mainland to allow its citizens to use transit stops in Taiwan

CHINA’S mainland said yesterday it would allow transit stops in Taiwan for citizens traveling from three cities, allowing people from the mainland to travel on from the island for the first time.

The change is the latest step toward normalizing travel arrangements between the two sides which have enjoyed increasingly close business ties in recent years, and follows the launch last week of their first telephone hotline.

Up to now, mainland citizens have been allowed to travel to Taiwan but are not allowed to travel from there to another destination. Airlines from both sides operate between the mainland and Taiwan.

The mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office said passengers from Nanchang, Kunming and Chongqing will be allowed to transit through Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei before flying on to third destinations.

No additional documents will be needed for mainland residents, except the usual passports, boarding passes and air tickets, it added.

Mainland passengers in transit will not be allowed to leave the airport, it said, adding that the plan would be implemented after preparatory work between the two sides was completed.

Taiwan’s leader Ma Ying-jeou has expressed his appreciation of the plan, his office said in a statement, and EVA Airways, Taiwan’s second-biggest airline, also welcomed it.

“It’s a joint effort by governments across the strait. We’re happy to see it happening,” K. W. Nieh, EVA’s senior vice president, said. “We hope more cities will be added to really implement it.”




 

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