China and Taiwan have resumed regular direct flights for the first time in six decades, ushering in what Beijing called a "new start" in their tense and testy relations.
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Dalai Lama critical of Chinese "suppression" ... Airlines flight carrying 230 passengers was the first to touch down at Taipei International Airport. Fire trucks shot water at the plane in a welcome gesture. The historic step is aimed at warming relations between the self-ruled island of 23 million people and its powerful neighbour, which still claims Taiwan as its territory.
(Deutsche Welle)
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