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On Monday the two sides opened direct daily passenger flights, new shipping routes and postal links for the first time in six decades.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We deeply sympathise with the economic difficulties faced by Taiwan and sincerely hope to cooperate on steps to cope with the international financial crisis,&#8221; said Jia Qinglin, the fourth most senior leader of China&#8217;s ruling Communist Party.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Torchia reports in the Reuters: China, expanding its pledges to help neighbouring economies ride out the global financial crisis, said on Saturday it was willing to meet requests for assistance from political rival Taiwan. 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