Editing Three Links (section)

===Proposal===
In December 1978, [[Deng Xiaoping]] and his supporters won the [[3rd plenary session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]], starting China's economic reform.  This also began a new direction in the [[Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China|PRC's foreign policy]].<ref name="Lin">Lin, Zhiling. Robinson, Thomas W. [1994] (1994). The Chinese and Their Future: Beijing, Taipei and Hong Kong. Published by American Enterprise Institute. {{ISBN|0-8447-3804-2}}. pg 356.</ref>  On January 1, 1979, Beijing proposed the Three Links of postal, commercial and transportation.<ref name="Lin" /> It was also proposed together with the [[Four flows/Four exchanges]] which included relatives, tourists, academic groups, cultural groups and sports representatives.<ref name="Tsang" /><ref name="Lin" /> This was greeted in Taiwan by [[Republic of China]] (ROC) President [[Chiang Ching-kuo]]'s [[Three Noes]].