Chronologies
China - Taiwan
Chronology from Apr 2006 to Jul 2006
: PRC Foreign Ministry protests House action.
: House passes bill lifting restrictions on contacts with Taiwan.
: LY fails to pass recall resolution on President Chen.
: Presidents of 12 airlines meet in Kunming to discuss charter flights.
: WTO panel concludes review of Taiwan trade policy; Taiwan and China hold first consultation at WTO.
: MAC Chairman Wu announces agreement on charter flights; Beijing’s Cross-Strait Aviation Committee makes parallel announcement.
: Special LY session opens.
: Eva Air announces plans to buy 25 percent stake in Shanghai Airways Cargo.
: Taipei finance official to China for a WTO dumping investigation.
: At Cold War memorial ceremony, TECRO Representative Wu shakes hands with President Bush.
: At Cold War memorial ceremony, TECRO Representative Wu shakes hands with President Bush.
: Hong Kong implements easier entry provisions for Taiwanese traveling to mainland.
: At Cold War memorial ceremony, TECRO Representative Wu shakes hands with President Bush.
: Burghardt meets press in Taipei; says NUC issue is over.
: Chen receives AIT’s Burghardt; reiterates “four noes;” State Dept. welcomes Chen’s statement as profoundly important.
: Jinmen-Quanzhou ferry service is inaugurated.
: World Health Organization says Taiwan will be able to participate in all WHO sponsored Asia Pacific technical meetings.
: MAC says Taipei is ready for talks on links and tourism.
: Premier Su says wider exchanges possible under “active management.”
: TAO criticizes NSR as compendium of independence views; TAO also announces plans for expanded ferry services.
: Annual Taipei American Chamber of Commerice White Paper reiterates call for direct links.
: LY fails to pass charter flights bill on last day of session.
: Taipei imposes 237 percent duty on Chinese towel imports.
: National Museum of Taiwan-Fujian relations opens in Quanzhou, Fujian.
: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia in Taipei calls for Taiwan to lift restrictions on trade with mainland.
: KMT’s Ma Ying-jeou opposes ramming charters bill through LY.
: World Health Assembly again rejects Taiwan request for observer status.
: Taiwan’s first National Security Report released.
: Taipei approves Toppoly purchase of Phillips LCD plants in China.
: President Chen presides over NSC meeting on National Security Report (NSR).
: PRC resumes permitting fishermen to work for Taiwan’s fishing industry.
: TAO urges inter-association talks on tourism and charter flights.
: Second LY confrontation over charter flights legislation.
: First LY confrontation over charter flights legislation.
: President Chen overnights in Batam Indonesia en route home.
: President Chen transits Libya en route home: meets Gadhafi’s son.
: During Congressional testimony, Deputy Secretary Zoellick warns that Taiwan independence means war.
: U.S. representatives at Costa Rica inaugural meet President Chen; Chen sees Laura Bush at reception; invites her to Taiwan.
: PRC vice minister of information industry in Taipei for meeting on technology standards.
: China Daily says U.S. snubbed Chen; mocks his travel as a “trip to nowhere.”
: FSC Vice chair tells LY ceiling on investments in China will be loosened.
: In Singapore, Ma Ying-jeou urges focus on a peace agreement, not unification.
: President Chen opts not to transit the U.S. en route to Paraguay.
: FM Huang expresses dissatisfaction with Alaska transit arrangements; Premier Su blasts Beijing for blocking Taiwan’s international space.
: Chen summons AIT’s Young to express his dissatisfaction over transit conditions after Washington reportedly offers only brief stops in Hawaii or Alaska.
: Beijing announces that all 22 fruit imports from Taiwan will be duty-free.
: Haiti withdraws inaugural invitation for Premier Su under PRC pressure.
: Taiwan FM Huang concludes visit to UAE.
: MAC announces approval for low-end packaging and testing investment and small LCD manufacture in China.
: President Chen says KMT-CCP agreements are sugar-coated poison.
: Beijing invites TPFA and other NGOs to talks on zero tariffs.
: Hanguang 22 exercise begins; retired U.S. Adm. Blair observes.
: Boao Forum includes roundtable on cross-Strait economic ties.
: Beijing announces expansion of fruit imports from Taiwan from 18 to 22 types.
: Taipei requests transit stops in New York and Los Angeles during President Chen’s trip to Latin America in early May.
: Premier Su says KMT-CCP items that are in Taiwan’s interest can be implemented.
: Bush-Hu summit in Washington, D.C.
: President Chen says KMT-CCP forum has created the illusion of peace.
: Beijing announces new measures for group tours to Taiwan.
: MAC Chair Wu says charter flights for Dragon Boat festival a possibility.
: PRC President and Secretary General Hu Jintao meets KMT’s Lien Chan; Beijing announces 15 measures to facilitate cross-Strait ties.
: CCP-KMT Economics and Trade Forum opens in Beijing; Jia Qinglin attends opening; urges breakthroughs on direct transportation.
: KMT’s Lien Chan leads 50-member economic delegation to China.
: Asian Network of Major Cities conference in Taipei; Beijing boycotts.
: MAC Chairman Wu says charter and tourism agreements possible in six months.
: Taiwan National Security Council conducts war game Yushan 2 on decapitation scenario.
: Taiwan Fruit Sale Center opens in Xiamen.
: President Chen repeats pledge for new constitution by 2008.
: Premier Wen Jiabao announces $12 billion aid for South Pacific islands.