1.   An increasing number of Taiwanese travel across the strait to re-establish family connections or create new ones through marriage, or start business partnerships with mainland counterparts.

2.   How do you evaluate Jiang Zemin as your mainland counterpart?

3.   On islands, sexually reproducing species have a smaller gene pool to draw on than their mainland counterparts.

4.   The deeply religious Calvinist population lives a life somewhat less removed from that of its mainland counterparts than it once was.

5.   The island fox is as small as a cat and the island blue jay is huge compared to its mainland counterpart.

6.   He said the department would attempt to improve translation procedures with its mainland counterparts next month.

7.   His mainland counterpart says he will visit Taiwan this year, but neither side has said when talks might resume.

8.   Hong Kong Medical Association president Lee Kin-hung said the association had been liaising with its mainland counterparts.

9.   Hong Kong police have little day-to-day contact with their mainland counterparts except for waves, nods and a daily traffic conference.

10.   In recent years, the commission has stepped up contacts with its mainland counterparts.