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Mainland, Taiwan to co-operate in protecting fishing personnel

The Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) agreed Tuesday to cooperate on protecting the interests of both employers and employees engaged in offshore and ocean... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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