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Mainland stands as evolving magnet for Taiwan entrepreneurs

Source: Xinhua Published: 2017/11/28

Just one year after Taiwan authorities allowed Taiwanese to visit their relatives in the Chinese mainland in 1987, Foxconn Founder and Chairman Terry Gou answered the call of Chinese mainland to encourage Taiwanese to invest in its vast market by setting up the company's first factory in the coastal city of Shenzhen.

Nearly thirty years later, Foxconn has expanded from the Pearl River Delta region to the Yangtze River Delta, the Bohai Rim and the country's central and western regions, becoming the world's largest contract assembler of consumer electronics, including Apple iPhones and iPads.

"At the very beginning of our entry into the mainland market, it was just 'crossing the river by feeling for the stones.'" said Gou, who has become a representative for Taiwanese entrepreneurs investing in the mainland.

He divided the development of Taiwanese investment in the mainland into three phases, first making use of cheap labor and land costs to boost exports, then bringing in technology, and now wider and deeper integration along the whole industrial chain.

In the 1990s, Foxconn started to transfer its machinery processing, molding and electronics assembling technologies to the mainland. Its investment into the mainland market started to accelerate and diversify after cross-strait relations heated up with the implementation of direct flight, mail and trade policies in 2008.

Gou's latest mainland investment was a 50-billion-yuan (7.58 billion US dollars) cooperation agreement, signed in early November with leading mainland commercial conglomerate Suning Holdings Group, which focuses on the knowledge sharing of big data analytics to promote smart retail.

"We should work together to tap the opportunities of the emerging industries in the new era," Gou said.

By the end of September this year, over 100,000 Taiwanese investment projects had been approved, with actual investment volume topping 66 billion US dollars and bringing 10 million new jobs.

The mainland's appeal to Taiwanese investors is gaining traction this year thanks to stable economic growth and emerging business opportunities. Official data showed that Taiwanese investment in the mainland surged 45.9 percent in the first 10 months of this year, topping other overseas investors.

The two sides share complementary advantages, Gou pointed out, as the mainland has a large and innovative talent pool, sufficient capital and efficient governance while Taiwan boasts strengths in sectors like semiconductors, medical services and food security.

The Chinese mainland is expected to import goods worth 8 trillion US dollars and attract overseas investment of 600 billion US dollars in the next five years, offering a huge market and extensive cooperation opportunities for investors, according to Chiang Pin-kung, president of the Straits Economic and Cultural Interchange Association.

Meanwhile, new development initiatives launched Chinese mainland, such as the Belt and Road Initiative, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development strategy, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt will lead cross-strait cooperation to fresh fields, Chiang added.

While veteran Taiwanese entrepreneurs like Gou continue digging for gold in the mainland market, young entrepreneurial Taiwanese are also attracted to setting up start-ups to tap the vast market's business opportunities.

The son of a Taiwanese businessman in Zhejiang Province, 32-year-old Mike Lee is now the general manager of HuaCan Dreamworks, an incubator in Zhonguancun, Beijing, known as "China's Silicon Valley," to nurture Taiwanese and mainland young entrepreneurs.

The maker space plans to help 100 Taiwanese teams set up businesses in the mainland and has already attracted 10 since its establishment in August 2016.

Over 50 cross-strait youth entrepreneurship demonstration zones have been set up across the mainland so far and 20-plus policies have been issued to encourage Taiwan youth to study and work in the mainland.

"The market is big and the opportunities are abundant. Young Taiwanese should come to the mainland and give their talent full play," Lee said.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1077588.shtml

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@Martian2 , Corresponds with the points you had made earlier. :enjoy:

@sinait , @cirr , @Han Patriot
 
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Low wages a major factor for Taiwan's unemployment

Source: Xinhua| 2017-12-01


TAIPEI, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Low wages were acknowledged one of the major factors for the unemployment in Taiwan, according to a survey released by the island's local statistics agency Thursday.

Among the island's 431,000 unemployed, a total of 168,000, or 39 percent, have secured a job offer at one point, but 46 percent of them declined mainly due to low pay.

The remaining 263,000 jobless also complained about a lack of job offers with desirable salaries or in their interests, according to the annual employment survey, which is conducted in May each year to exclude seasonal factors such as graduation and Chinese Lunar New Year holidays.

In May, the average monthly wage in Taiwan edged up 1.63 percent year-on-year to 38,656 new Taiwan dollars (about 1,289 U.S. dollars), but 2.71 million employees, or 31.47 percent of the total number of wage earners surveyed, still earned less than 30,000 new Taiwan dollars that month.

Meanwhile, about 805,000 Taiwanese employees work part time or temporary jobs, accounting for 7.1 percent of the total employed population, both setting record highs in May.

Flexible work hour was the main reason cited by these employees, closely followed by failure to find desirable full-time positions, according to the survey.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/01/c_136794005.htm
 
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Low wages a major factor for Taiwan's unemployment

Source: Xinhua| 2017-12-01


TAIPEI, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Low wages were acknowledged one of the major factors for the unemployment in Taiwan, according to a survey released by the island's local statistics agency Thursday.

Among the island's 431,000 unemployed, a total of 168,000, or 39 percent, have secured a job offer at one point, but 46 percent of them declined mainly due to low pay.

The remaining 263,000 jobless also complained about a lack of job offers with desirable salaries or in their interests, according to the annual employment survey, which is conducted in May each year to exclude seasonal factors such as graduation and Chinese Lunar New Year holidays.

In May, the average monthly wage in Taiwan edged up 1.63 percent year-on-year to 38,656 new Taiwan dollars (about 1,289 U.S. dollars), but 2.71 million employees, or 31.47 percent of the total number of wage earners surveyed, still earned less than 30,000 new Taiwan dollars that month.

Meanwhile, about 805,000 Taiwanese employees work part time or temporary jobs, accounting for 7.1 percent of the total employed population, both setting record highs in May.

Flexible work hour was the main reason cited by these employees, closely followed by failure to find desirable full-time positions, according to the survey.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/01/c_136794005.htm

Another reason for unemployment is that numberous low efficient universities in Taiwan educate too many incompetent students.
 
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Another reason for unemployment is that numberous low efficient universities in Taiwan educate too many incompetent students.

Indeed. Lots of vocational schools have been converted into social science/humanities departments now producing too many graduates that nobody needs.

Hence the huge supply that now seeks employment chances in Mainland China.
 
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陆企将参与台北捷运建设 大陆盾构机首进台湾市场

2017-12-07 19:18:20 来源: 新华网

新华社长沙12月7日电(记者张玉洁)记者7日从湖南省台办获悉,总部位于湖南长沙的中国铁建重工集团近日与台湾荣工工程股份有限公司、大陆工程股份有限公司分别签订2台6米级土压平衡盾构机供货合同。这标志着大陆盾构机首次进入台湾市场,打破了日本企业在台湾地区30多年的市场垄断。

  记者了解到,台北捷运万大线是台北兴建的一条重要交通干线。本次大陆盾构机所参与建设的台北捷运万大线CQ850、CQ850A两标段上下行线总长分别为2754米和3417米,主要地质为粉土质砂层与砂质粉土层。在盾构机掘进过程中,需要克服50米超小转弯半径、下穿双河桥桩基础、经过通风竖井段原位偏移、遭遇沿线连续墙及其他地下障碍物等地质和施工难题。

  铁建重工董事长刘飞香告诉记者,长期以来,在台湾地区地下基础设施工程建设中,都是日产盾构机主导市场。为了拿到这个订单,在前期技术方案设计阶段,铁建重工研发团队围绕工程对盾构设备的设计和生产提出的个性化要求,尤其是针对小转弯半径做了细致的研究和论证,提交了高度定制化、针对性极强的技术方案,最终获得用户的高度认可。

  “台湾地区较高的施工标准、严格的审核制度也锻炼了企业技术和营销队伍,为铁建重工继续深耕台湾市场、开拓其他区域市场提供了宝贵经验。”刘飞香说,后续铁建重工将为客户提供产品全生命周期服务,全力组织好产品的设计、制造、生产、现场组装调试、试掘进和后期服务等工作。首批设备将在2018年交付并投入使用。

http://news.xinhuanet.com/tw/2017-12/07/c_1122076148.htm

@Han Patriot , @cirr

@AndrewJin , it seems that mainland construction machinery finally begins to enter Taiwan region, breaking Japanese monopoly.

Is it this one?

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陆企将参与台北捷运建设 大陆盾构机首进台湾市场

2017-12-07 19:18:20 来源: 新华网

新华社长沙12月7日电(记者张玉洁)记者7日从湖南省台办获悉,总部位于湖南长沙的中国铁建重工集团近日与台湾荣工工程股份有限公司、大陆工程股份有限公司分别签订2台6米级土压平衡盾构机供货合同。这标志着大陆盾构机首次进入台湾市场,打破了日本企业在台湾地区30多年的市场垄断。

  记者了解到,台北捷运万大线是台北兴建的一条重要交通干线。本次大陆盾构机所参与建设的台北捷运万大线CQ850、CQ850A两标段上下行线总长分别为2754米和3417米,主要地质为粉土质砂层与砂质粉土层。在盾构机掘进过程中,需要克服50米超小转弯半径、下穿双河桥桩基础、经过通风竖井段原位偏移、遭遇沿线连续墙及其他地下障碍物等地质和施工难题。

  铁建重工董事长刘飞香告诉记者,长期以来,在台湾地区地下基础设施工程建设中,都是日产盾构机主导市场。为了拿到这个订单,在前期技术方案设计阶段,铁建重工研发团队围绕工程对盾构设备的设计和生产提出的个性化要求,尤其是针对小转弯半径做了细致的研究和论证,提交了高度定制化、针对性极强的技术方案,最终获得用户的高度认可。

  “台湾地区较高的施工标准、严格的审核制度也锻炼了企业技术和营销队伍,为铁建重工继续深耕台湾市场、开拓其他区域市场提供了宝贵经验。”刘飞香说,后续铁建重工将为客户提供产品全生命周期服务,全力组织好产品的设计、制造、生产、现场组装调试、试掘进和后期服务等工作。首批设备将在2018年交付并投入使用。

http://news.xinhuanet.com/tw/2017-12/07/c_1122076148.htm

@Han Patriot , @cirr

@AndrewJin , it seems that mainland construction machinery finally begins to enter Taiwan region, breaking Japanese monopoly.

Is it this one?

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wow wow wow!
We have exported TBMs to Australia, India, and many other countries.
We are till a new player in this field, but it’s a great start!
 
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China improves entry-exit service
Xinhua, December 25, 2017

A total of 901 police stations in China's 15 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have set up entry-exit service windows, according to the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).

People can have their travel certificates for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan endorsed at 7,600 self-service devices in over 950 entry-exit administrative departments nationwide, the MPS said.

Electronic travel permits for commuting between the mainland and Taiwan replaced the booklet-like Taiwan pass in April.

Holders of electronic exit-entry certificates may use the self-service channel.

Entry-exit administrative departments nationwide have issued 199 million electronic entry and exit certificates, according to the MPS.
 
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Mainland to open new shipping route to Taiwan
Xinhua, December 26, 2017

The Chinese mainland will open a new shipping route to Taiwan to facilitate cross-Strait cargo transport.

A ro-ro cargo vessel named "Taipei Express" will set sail from Pingtan free trade zone in east China's Fujian Province for Taipei later this week, with scheduled sailings three times a week.

The service will be jointly operated by Taiwan Wagon Group and Pingtan Transportation Group. The cargo ship to be used in the service has a maximum container carrying capacity of 230 TEUs and can cross the Strait in six hours.

Pingtan, an island about 126 kilometers away from Taiwan, has been working to promote the cross-Strait logistics in recent years. In October, Pingtan set up a commercial warehouse in Taipei.

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2017-12/26/content_50164357.htm
 
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People in Taiwan’s Jinmen raise five-star red flags to mark New Year

By Fang Tian (People's Daily Online) 16:31, January 02, 2018

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(Photo from Taiwan media)

Red flags flutter on an old street in Jinmen County, Taiwan, to welcome the New Year, according to CTnews, a Taiwan local newspaper.

On New Year’s Day, watching the flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square is a must-do for many Chinese, while in parts of Taiwan, people raise the five-star red flag to welcome the New Year.

Built in 1924, “Model Street” in Jinmen features red tiles and good order. Both sides of the road are decorated with five-star red flags, the national flag of People’s Republic of China (PRC).

Tourists from both the mainland and Taiwan are attracted by the festive atmosphere and stop to take photos on the red-tile street.

The county of Jinmen is only about six kilometers east of the mainland city of Xiamen. Once a battlefront, it is now a trading and connecting point between Chinese mainland and Taiwan.

People across the strait are members of one family, said Ms. Yan, a Jinmen local working in Taiwan. Locals from Jinmen agree that both sides prefer peace. The “Model Street” helps boost ties between Chinese people from mainland and Taiwan.

“It’s so great,” said Huang An, a Taiwanese singer on his Weibo account. “Reunification is a natural trend and the common wish of Chinese people. The year 2018 is here, and the realization of reunification is closer.

Reports about raising five-star red flags in Taiwan have been more frequent in the past two years, according to haiwainet.cn. A ceremony was held on the same day in 2017 in Zhanghua County, eastern Taiwan. Moreover, a political group supporting reunification decided to raise the five-star red flag every month since October 2014, and has held the ceremony for 28 times.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2018/0102/c90000-9310748.html

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Nobody can test people of Greater China's adoration and fierce and firm belief in unification regardless of political differences. It may be easier to divide and conquer elsewhere, but not in Greater China.
 
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Taiwan scientists find key in pluripotent stem cells

2018-01-04 09:44 Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping

Taiwanese scientists have discovered that circular RNA (circRNA) plays a key functional role in pluripotent stem cells, which may help the development of regenerative medicine or medical technologies.

At a press conference Wednesday, Kuo Hung-Chih, an associate research fellow in the Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology at Taiwan's Academia Sinica, said that his team had found that human pluripotent stem cells contain high levels of certain circRNAs, and one type of circRNA, circBIRC6, acts to regulate stem cell pluripotency.

By manipulating the expression of circBIRC6, researchers were able to direct pluripotent stem cells to either maintain pluripotency or initiate cellular differentiation, according to Kuo.

The scientist explained that when cells in human body become aged or injured, pluripotent stem cells could provide a means for repair. These cells can be induced to form a variety of different cell types and may be able to replace dysfunctional cells or regrow damaged tissues.

Therefore, pluripotent stem cells may find their greatest use in the emerging field of regenerative medicine. In addition, pluripotent stem cells can be used to study developmental biology and disease pathogenesis or to facilitate new drug discovery.

Many research and medical institutions around the world have begun to investigate clinical cell therapy and drug development applications that are based on pluripotent stem cells.

Kuo said pluripotent stem cells include both embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Embryonic stem cells must be isolated from embryos and are not readily available.

Although iPSCs can be directly derived from various somatic cell types, the mechanisms by which pluripotent stem cells regulate pluripotency and differentiation are not fully understood, according to Kuo.

The existence of circRNA is a recent discovery.

"In the past, circRNAs were considered to be mistakes in RNA processing, but current research shows that circRNAs may have important functions, including the regulation of gene expression," Kuo said.

He said that understanding circRNAs might be helpful in the development of innovative medical technologies such as diagnostic tools or treatments for cancers, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.

http://www.ecns.cn/2018/01-04/286908.shtml
 
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Opening new air routes no threat to Taiwan

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/5

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) announced on Thursday that it is opening four routes over the Taiwan Straits, including the south-to-north M503 route and three connecting regional routes. The mainland's regular arrangement for civil aviation routes has prompted strong reactions from the Taiwan authorities. Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council and its defense authority demanded that the mainland close the routes, saying it threatens the island's security. The unreasonable demand will certainly not be accepted by the mainland.

The opening of the M503 routes would ease the congestion in the mainland's airspace. The mainland's aviation industry has witnessed spectacular growth in recent years, with flights increasing rapidly and airports being constantly expanded.

The Taiwan Straits lie off the southeast coast of China, and the south and north sides of the area are the most developed regions in China, with many super cities located along the coastline. It is one of the most reasonable arrangements for civilian flights over the coast. Such an arrangement could greatly ease air congestion and reduce delays.

The M503 routes had been planned as early as during the administration of Taiwan's former leader Ma Ying-jeou. Through repeated consultations between the mainland and Taiwan authorities, the mainland had opened the north-to-south route and now announced the opening of the south-to-north route as well as three connecting routes to make the M503 routes fully operational.

Taiwan authorities accused the mainland of not negotiating with them before opening the routes. It must be noted that the collapse of communication channels between the mainland and Taiwan resulted from Taiwan authorities' refusal to recognize the 1992 Consensus. Before opening the new routes, the CAAC had informed the relevant departments in Taiwan. If Taiwan authorities desire more consultations, they should ask Tsai Ing-wen, the island's current leader, to change her stance of refusing to recognize the 1992 Consensus that stresses the one-China principle and prompt her to restore communication lines with the mainland.

We also cannot help ask, "How could civilian flights threaten Taiwan's air defense security?" Such a mentality was caused by the guilt conscience of supporting Taiwan independence. The mainland has always been committed to expanding cross-Straits exchanges and promoting the peaceful reunification of China. There is no need to worry that the mainland would launch a sudden attack on Taiwan by leveraging the new civil aviation routes as long as some forces in Taiwan do not seek to separate the island of Taiwan from China.

Besides, if the mainland is determined to solve the Taiwan question by military means, it has the overwhelming military advantage and does not need to wage a sudden attack. If the mainland issues an ultimatum, the island will be thrown into chaos. Taiwan's "defense" targeting the mainland has already lost its military relevance and degraded into a political show to trick Taiwan residents.

A report by Taiwan-based Central News Agency said an unnamed US State Department official expressed concern on Thursday, saying that they "oppose unilateral actions by either side to alter the status quo." Regarding the M503 flight route issue, the official said the US was concerned "about reports that Beijing has modified the use of civil aviation flight routes in the Taiwan Strait without consultation with Taiwan authorities," urging that issues of civil aviation and safety instead be "decided through dialogue between both sides." It is obvious that the US State Department is too embarrassed to issue a real-name statement because it cannot find any fault from the mainland. It is the Tsai Ing-wen administration which refuses to recognize the 1992 Consensus and attempts to change the status quo.

To open the civil aviation route west of the middle line of the Taiwan Straits is economically relevant and urgent. The mainland does not need to care about the abnormal psyche of Taiwan authorities. It doesn't have to let the airspace over the Taiwan Straits stay idle given its superb natural air route. The earlier Taiwan authorities face the reality and change its stance toward the mainland, the easier it can catch up with the booming development of the surrounding region.

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The reunification embrace is tightening, can feel that from here :enjoy:. Keep going, Mainland! It is almost about the time... :coffee:
 
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Indeed. Lots of vocational schools have been converted into social science/humanities departments now producing too many graduates that nobody needs.

Hence the huge supply that now seeks employment chances in Mainland China.
But how can these lowly educated grads compete with Chinese grads from better universities in China?
 
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But how can these lowly educated grads compete with Chinese grads from better universities in China?

Very difficult. I have observed a number of failed applications. Usually, they go for the next (less difficult) target. But, not just grads from high school-like social science programs in Taiwan, people from Taida, Zhengda, Tamkang with an additional foreign diploma also go over the Mainland and seek jobs.

I think this is good and must be further encouraged. Mainland has a good chance to control the upcoming elites of Taiwan, which is a required cadre after a unification, be it forced or consensus-based.
 
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Separation and reunion: A family across the Taiwan Strait

By Wang Lei
2018-01-17

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It has been three decades since relations between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan started to thaw in late 1987, when Taiwan authorities allowed residents on the island to visit their relatives in the mainland. After 38 years of estrangement between the two sides following the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, separated families could finally reunite.

The past 30 years saw tremendous progress in economic and people-to-people exchanges between the mainland and Taiwan, despite political tensions rising from time to time.

Cross-Strait trade volume has skyrocketed from 1.5 billion US dollars in 1987 to well above 150 billion US dollars in recent years. Thanks to the relaxation of travel restrictions, cross-Strait tourism has prospered with millions of people traveling between the mainland and Taiwan every year.

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The development of cross-Strait relations has benefited ordinary people on both sides, including me and my extended family. As a boy, adolescent and then a young man, I witnessed and experienced the warmth and joy of reunions with my relatives across the Strait.

'You drove us to Taiwan'

At the age of five, I was finishing preschool in 1989 when I heard I have relatives in Taiwan.

My grandfather – my mother's father – had three brothers. He – the second eldest in the four siblings – and his youngest brother lived in the mainland and were members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for decades. My grandfather joined the CPC-led army as a teacher for the mostly illiterate soldiers in 1948, one year before the CPC's triumph in the civil war which resulted in the retreat of the Kuomintang (KMT) Party to Taiwan.

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CPC leader Mao Zedong (R) and KMT leader Chiang Kai-shek in southwest China's Chongqing during the peace negotiation between the two sides in 1945 after World War Two. The Chinese civil war restarted in the following year. /VCG Photo

His two other brothers were among the two million people who moved from the mainland to Taiwan in 1949. The eldest brother was a member of the KMT Air Force responsible for plane maintenance. The third eldest brother was attending a KMT-run high school.

Why did they join two opposing camps? In fact, they did not know the whereabouts of their brothers. Like many other dislocated Chinese families in the war era, they were separated from each other in different parts of the country, trying to find a place where food and shelter were provided.

It was not until the late 1980s that the brothers living across the Strait heard from each other again. The two in Taiwan wrote letters to a village in central China's Henan Province where they had grown up. The youngest brother, still living there, notified my grandfather, who had settled in the provincial capital Zhengzhou in the 1950s after serving a few more years in the army during the Korean War.

In the summer of 1989, my grandfather's elder brother returned to the mainland for the first time in four decades. I still remember seeing the two brothers – both in their 60s – hugging each other upon meeting at Zhengzhou's airport.

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That was just the start of our family reunions. A year later, both the brothers in Taiwan visited the mainland and went back to their home village, where their parents passed away in the early 1980s without knowing about the fate of the two "missing" sons. The four brothers renovated their parents' tombs.

The emotional reunion was also accompanied with laughter, as the brothers shared their stories during the past decades and joked about each other. Learning that my grandfather took part in the Huaihai Campaign (November 6, 1948 – January 10, 1949) – a determining battle in the civil war – his younger brother returning from Taiwan said to him: "I know you were heroic in that battle. You drove our elder brother and me to Taiwan!"

'We are a family'

There were several reunions of the four brothers in the mainland over the following two decades, but none had taken place in Taiwan due to strict restrictions on mainland visitors.

Good news came in June 2011 when Taiwan authorities began to lift the limitations on individual mainland visitors. By 2015, mainland residents from 47 cities had been allowed to go to the island individually. Unfortunately, my grandfather, who died in March 2012 at the age of 85, was never able to visit his brothers in Taiwan.

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My mother and I made a trip on his behalf in November 2013, four months after the new policy applied to Zhengzhou residents. We spent an unforgettable week in Taipei and Hualien, warmly welcomed by the families of my two maternal uncles. Their children and grandchildren took turns to show us around scenic spots and cook meals, making us feel at home in Taiwan.

It was the first time members of our extended family from the mainland were able to call on our relatives on the beautiful island.

Lying in a hospital bed in Hualien, my mother's eldest uncle, already 90, could not even speak. But a glimpse of vitality reappeared in his half-open eyes when we stood by his side.

Four years earlier, I had told him on the phone I would visit him in Taiwan as soon as I could. But when I finally managed to fulfill my promise, he was in his final days.

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The Qingshui Cliff in eastern Taiwan's Hualien County /Photo by CGTN's Wang Lei

Speaking of Taiwan, many people are interested in political topics and the comparison between the two sides in different aspects. So am I. But for us, the family story counts more.

"We are a family," one of my aunts in Taiwan said to me during our dinner in a Din Tai Fung restaurant in the famous Taipei 101 building.

We sure are.

Living through wars and political upheavals can be unpredictable and cruel for families. But no matter how long and how far we are separated, no matter how different we become, we are always a family.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/7759544d77677a6333566d54/share_p.html

@AndrewJin , @Martian2 , @Chinese-Dragon , @long_ , @sinait
 
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只要蔡英文继续弄下去 两岸统一的呼声就会越来越高 我反而希望蔡英文继续执政:lol::D
现在台湾同胞走上街头的次数 越来越多了
 
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