China's top political advisor urged the mainland and Taiwan to promote regularized and upgraded economic cooperation for the people's benefits.
The Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, a regular forum between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, opened Saturday in Chengdu.
China's top political advisor, Jia Qinglin, on Friday urged for efforts from both the mainland and Taiwan to further the continuous and steady development of the cross-Strait relations.
The daughter of Taiwan's top examination official died after falling from a building Wednesday morning in Shanghai, local authorities said.
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted the northern part of Taiwan at 4:35 pm Beijing Time Saturday, according to Taiwan local media.
A total of 170,283 Taiwan residents were living on the Chinese mainland by Nov 1, 2010, according to the national census data released by the National Bureau of Statistics Friday.
Taiwan's main opposition party said on Wednesday that it will nominate its chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen for next year's "presidential" election, following her narrow win an island-wide telephone poll.
At least five people were killed and 107 injured after a small train carrying mostly mainland tourists overturned in a mountainous region of southern Taiwan on Wednesday.
Prosecutors from Taiwan have visited the mainland over the past few days to discuss further cooperation in dealing with a recent major phone fraud case, said a mainland spokesman Wednesday.
Individual mainland tourists are expected to be allowed to visit some selected places in Taiwan before the end of June, a mainland official said Wednesday.
A mainland spokesman Wednesday said any policy on cross-Strait ties if based on a pro-independence standing will jeopardize the exchanges and cooperation between Taiwan and the mainland.
A small train overturned in Taiwan's Ali Mountain area on Wednesday, killing five tourists from the Chinese mainland and seriously injuring at least 50 passengers who are members of five mainland tour groups.
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