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Tag Archives: Taiwan
Foreign flag carriers and flights to Taiwan
Taiwan’s relationship with Mainland China is a complicated one, and the dispute has spilled out into the world of aviation, after the People’s Republic of China objected to the flag carriers of foreign governments serving what they regarded as a […]
Aircraft registration in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
Every civil aircraft in the world is required to have a unique identifying code, allocated by the country of registration, under a system managed by ICAO – the International Civil Aviation Organization. But in the case of China, Hong Kong, […]
Chinese airports and ‘International, HK, Macao and Taiwan Departures’
Naming the terminals at most airports is easy – flights inside your country use the ‘domestic’ terminal, and flights to other countries use the ‘international’ terminal. But at the airports in and around China, things get a little more complicated.
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Tagged aviation, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Airport, immigration, Macau, Shanghai, Taiwan
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