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TAIPEI, Jan 29: The first direct flights between China and Taiwan since the end of a civil war 55 years ago started on Saturday, carrying Lunar New Year holiday-makers.
Six Chinese planes landed in Taipei and one in southern Kaohsiung while Taiwan's China Airlines and EVA Airways also each sent a flight to Beijing on the first day of the temporary opening of the air links.
Passengers and crew aboard the flights that first landed in Taiwan were greeted at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport by government officials and parliamentarians.-APP
