{"id":26933,"date":"2008-10-26T22:12:13","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T05:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=26933"},"modified":"2008-10-26T22:12:13","modified_gmt":"2008-10-27T05:12:13","slug":"taiwans-china-tourism-boom-stumbles-amid-financial-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/10\/taiwans-china-tourism-boom-stumbles-amid-financial-turmoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan&#8217;s China Tourism Boom Stumbles Amid Financial Turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/afp.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5jcf9FqEgSPLeaZP1EXna4c7fotng\">AFP<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Taiwan welcomed the first Chinese visitors arriving on direct flights three months ago as a boon for tourism, but global financial troubles and local political uncertainty might deflate such hopes.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan has severely limited trade and travel with China since the two sides split at the end of a civil war in 1949, but change has been rapid since Beijing-friendly Ma Ying-jeou became president in May.<\/p>\n<p>His government resumed talks with Beijing in June, which led to the launch of regular direct flights and tripling the number of Chinese allowed to visit the island to 3,000 daily the following month.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AFP: Taiwan welcomed the first Chinese visitors arriving on direct flights three months ago as a boon for tourism, but global financial troubles and local political uncertainty might deflate such hopes. 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