
China announced Sunday it would resume direct flights to additional mainland cities and import Taiwanese aquaculture products following KMT leader Cheng Li-wun's meeting with President Xi Jinping. Flights to Xi'an and Urumqi will restart. Beijing also proposed establishing a formal communication channel between the Communist Party and Taiwan's Kuomintang Party, and revived plans for a bridge connecting mainland China to Taiwanese islands Matsu and Kinmen.