Not everyone in China supports the anti-mainland policy of Taiwan’s fanatical government that threatens to turn Taiwan into the Ukraine of the Pacific. For the first time in three years, a group of mainland Chinese university students and teachers arrived in Taiwan on July 15 as part of an effort to promote Taiwan-mainland relations. The group’s 9-day visit was the initiative of former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang.
“This is the first visit by a major university student delegation from the mainland since cross-strait exchanges were suspended and [relations worsened] to the point of the brink of war under the rule of the government of [Taiwanese President] Tsai Ing-wen,” Hsiao Hsu-tsen, director of the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation, said while greeting the delegation on their arrival, according to Taiwan.cn. He added that their trip served to alleviate the escalating tensions and was conducive to promoting cross-strait peace.
Hsiao said that the delegation’s visit was the result of former Taiwan President Ma’s first visit to the mainland at the end of March,on which he hoped to reduce the chances of a cross-strait conflict by increasing exchanges and understanding between young people from the two sides, believing that young people hold the future of cross-strait ties.
