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Although the Onsen Papawaqa lists a room once occupied by Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou among its attractions, it's probably safe to say that most of the guests at this spa in Taian, Miaoli county - a two-hour drive from Taipei - are there to get away from all thought of politics, business and workaday living...
...first formal discussions since 1999, China and Taiwan agreed to allow charter flights across the Taiwan strait, starting July 4. While travelers will still have to pass through Hong Kong, the pact is a sign of how relations have thawed in the month since Taiwan's new President, Ma Ying-jeou, took office...
...since March, when Taiwanese elected Ma Ying-jeou as President, China and Taiwan relations have been improving. Case in point: on June 13, a landmark agreement was reached in Beijing that clears the way for direct chartered flights to the island and back every weekend - and businessmen keen on developing ties to the mainland are breathing easier. "The direct flights would save us a whole work day when we travel," says Samuel Chiu, a Taiwan-based business development manager at electronic instrumentation manufacturer Agilent Technologies. "That's the biggest cost benefit. Traveling to Shanghai will only take two hours...
...Ying-jeou Ma—a 1981 Law School graduate known as the “Teflon-man” because of his shrewd politics and his suave way with journalists—was inaugurated Tuesday as Taiwan’s new president...
...only affirmed democracy but elevated to the presidency Dr. Ma Ying-jeou—a person of real intelligence, probity, and ingenuity,” Alford said. “Even 30 years ago, when we were students at Harvard Law School, it was clear that he would be making his mark on the world...