| Journal Call no. | HC411.A76 |
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| Author | Reyes, Alejandro. |
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| Article Title | A tale of four ports : China and Taiwan okay a form of direct trade / Alejandro Reyes. |
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| Is Part Of | Asiaweek ; v.23, no.5, 7 Feb 1997, p.23, illus. |
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| Abstract | In the absence of direct transport links, Taiwan's nearly $20 billion annual trade with the mainland has mostly passed through the British-run territory. But with the handover, Taiwan will have de facto direct links with China anyway. In early 1997, Chinese and Taiwan shipping officials hammered out a deal that establishes the first direct cross-strait maritime connections since 1949. The scheme is limited, allowing only the transshipment of goods through Taiwan's southern port city of Kaohsiung by foreign-registered vessels to and from just two southern Chinese ports - Xiamen and Fuzhou. |
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