Taiwan teens ride a learning curve

Softball rolls across Strait and provides new path for cultural communication

JINGHONG, Yunnan province - The gaps couldn't have been more obvious on the field when college girls from Chinese Taipei faced adult opponents from Jiangsu and Guangdong provincial teams at the 2011 Strait Cup softball tournament over the weekend.

Although the visiting teenage players lost the game, they gained a lot from competing against mature rivals and learned more about the culture on the Chinese mainland during their visit to Xishuangbanna autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, .