The first direct commercial flights from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_China" id="mwAQY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a> (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou" id="mwAQc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</a>) to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" id="mwAQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> since 1949 arrived in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>. Shortly afterwards, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="China Airlines">China Airlines</a> flight lands in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>.<sup about="#mwt158" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"}}' id="cite_ref-29" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_29#cite_note-29" id="mwAQw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQ0">[29]</span></a></sup>
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