Chinese Plane Makes Nonstop Flight to Island
A Chinese jetliner landed in Taiwan, completing the first nonstop flight between China and the island since they split in a civil war 56 years ago.
The China Southern Airlines plane, which took off from the southern city of Guangzhou, arrived in Taipei carrying businesspeople home for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Earlier, a senior Chinese leader appealed to Taiwan to reopen unification talks, saying Beijing would negotiate with any Taiwanese leader who agrees that the two are “one China,” a condition the island’s president has rejected.
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