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Cross-Straits student summer camp opens in Nanjing
(crienglish.com)
Updated: 2005-07-07 19:13

500 students and teachers from both sides of the Taiwan Straits gathered in Nanjing Thursday morning for a four-day summer camp.

500 students and teachers from both sides of the Taiwan Straits gathered in Nanjing Thursday morning for a four-day summer camp to promote cross-Straits exchanges and enhance understanding among the younger generation.

The participants, including 300 from Taiwan, paid respect to the Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen Thursday morning.

They were scheduled to visit Southeast China University, and the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre in the afternoon.

From Friday to Sunday, they will travel to other cities of the eastern Jiangsu Province.

Sun Yafu, deputy director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said at the camp's opening ceremony that they hope through this event, young people from the two sides of the Taiwan Straits will enhance communication, exchange more visits and make concerted efforts in promoting cross-Straits peace and Development.

Jiangsu Province is one of the major exchange points for the mainland's cultural, economic and technological cooperation with Taiwan. About 50,000 Taiwan compatriots are living permanently in Jiangsu Province.



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