Direct Air Link for Taipei and Moscow + Canada To Process Visa in TPE

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(1)
(a) Russia to Start Regular Direct Air Link With Taiwan. RIA Novosti, Nov 8, 2013
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20131108 ... nk-With-Taiwan.html
("According to Taiwan's foreign ministry, some 20,000 people traveled between Taiwan and Russia in 2012, up 30-percent year-on-year")

Note: Presumably it will be
Domodedovo International Airport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domodedovo_International_Airport
In and around Moscow, there are quite a few airports. See Moscow Airport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Airport

(b) Russia and Taiwan are cozying up. From April to the present, Russia's Transaero flies passengers between Moscow and Bangkok, whereas Taiwan's China Airlines between Bangkok and Taipei. See
Oliver Clark, Transaero and China Airlines Sign Codeshare. Routes News, Apr 25, 2013.
http://www.routes-news.com/news/ ... ines-sign-codeshare

choi

(2) Lee Hsin-Yin, Canada opens local visa application center to facilitate travel. Central News Agency, Nov 8, 2013.
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201311080033.aspx

Note:
(a) Canadian Trade Office in Taipei (CTOT) first opened in 1986. Even so, to obtain a visa, any visa, to Canada needs to apply through Canadaian consulate in Hong Kong. I did not know it had to be Hong Kong, so on my way, in 1985, from Taiwan back to US, via Tokyo and Toronto, I went to Canada's embassy to get a visa; an immigration officer (a woman) nicely told me Hong Kong was the right venue ("next time") but gave me a tourist visa on the spot.
(b) At present, it is still the case; CTOT website advises: "The Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong is responsible for processing visa applications for citizens and residents [Taiwan passport holders only] of Taiwan."  Thus I assume that the visas CTOT issues in Taipei bears a mark of Canada's Consulate General in Hong Kong--to indicate the visa is NOMINALLY issued from Hong Kong--the same sleight of hand many nations have been using since decades ago when they switched recognition to China.
(c) News Release – Canada lifts visa requirement for visitors from Taiwan. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Nov 22, 2010.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/dep ... 010/2010-11-22a.asp