TWO CHINAS GET CLOSERTWO CHINAS GET CLOSERAs of Dec. 15 you can hop a plane, sail a container ship, or mail a letter from mainland China to Taiwan--or vice versa VICE VERSA. On the contrary; on opposite sides. . That may not seem like a big deal, but it lifts a ban dating back to the civil war that ended in 1949. Direct trade, transport, and postal links signal thawing tensions and are expected to boost the economies of both sides. The curbs have forced people and goods moving across the 160-kilometer Taiwan Strait Taiwan Strait, Chinese Taiwan haixia, arm of the Pacific Ocean, between China's Fujian coast and Taiwan, linking the East and South China seas. It contains the Pescadores. It is also called the Formosa Strait. to make costly and time-consuming time-con·sum·ing adj. Taking up much time. time-consuming Adjective taking up a great deal of time Adj. 1. diversions through Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Macau, and Okinawa. See "China and Taiwan Economic Ties Grow Closer" businessweek.com/magazine 
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