11.   Rather than shipping direct to the customer, Drinks.com works through established distributors, thus promising delivery in two to three working days.

12.   Shipping companies had expected that direct shipping with China would boost their earnings.

13.   Taipei bans direct shipping to China.

14.   The island conducts most trade and business relations with China through the colony because direct shipping and travel between Taiwan and the mainland are prohibited.

15.   The island conducts most trade and business relations with China through the colony because direct shipping and travel between Taiwan and the mainland are limited.

16.   The prospect of direct shipping to China may bring a change of fortune for Kaohsiung and its companies.

17.   The transportation plan, for example, hinges on the opening of now-banned direct shipping and air links with China.

18.   The wholesalers hotly deny this, claiming they are equally concerned about the effects of the underage drinking that direct shipping would surely encourage.

19.   Xiamen was one of two Chinese ports chosen by the government to handle direct shipping, originally slated to start this month.

20.   Bowing to business pressure, Taiwan proposed the limited shipping links two years ago to skirt its ban on direct shipping.