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4. AS WE UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION, THIS IS THE FIRST ASA IN WHICH CHINA HAVE AGREED TO THE OTHER PARTY CONTINUING FLIGHTS INTO TAIWAN BY THE SAME AIRLINE WHICH IS TO FLY TO PEKING, PERHAPS THIS CONCESSION CARRIES WITH IT THE ABANDONMENT OF A NUMBER OF OTHER CONDITIONS WHICH HAVE MADE LIFE DIFFICULT IN THE PAST FOR COUNTRIES SUCH AS JAPAN.

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