TAIPEI, Taiwan – When Taiwan and China signed the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) in June 2010, the two politically opposed sides pledged to remove some of the barriers that have kept them separated since the end of the Chinese civil war of 1949; economically, if not politically.

TAIPEI, Taiwan – With the number of confirmed H7N9 infections cases in China currently at 108 and 22 deaths, Taiwan confirmed its first case of H7N9 avian influenza infection – a 53-year-old Taiwanese returning to the island on April 9 after working in China's Jiangsu province. Meanwhile, viral material for use in both creating more accurate diagnostic kits and for vaccine production arrived in Taiwan, sent courtesy of Chinese health authorities.

TAIPEI, Taiwan – With H7N9, Taiwan is facing another pandemic influenza threat from China. It's déjà vu all over again. On Friday, 43 people in the eastern part of China were infected with a new strain of avian flu that until now had been considered unable to be passed on to humans.