A youth foundation yesterday launched a cross-strait astronomy camp, with junior high school students from Beijing joining their counterparts in Taiwan for a week of cultural exchange and study of the heavens.
The Tosun Public Interest Foundation, an organization that deals with youth issues, organized the program, in which 20 students from China and 40 from Taiwan will participate in the week-long camp and tour the nation.
The camp officially begins tomorrow and will last until Friday.
Liao Cheng-hao (廖正豪), the foundation's director, said that the astronomy camp will take place on Alishan and Yushan, where there are clear skies that offer an excellent view of planets and stars.
Liao said that the camp was a rare opportunity for youth from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to meet and learn from one another.
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Jing said that the Chinese students will share what they learned in Taiwan with other students upon their return to Beijing.
Liu Ge, an eighth-grade student and member of the astronomy club of Beijing's Jingshang Middle School, said it was her first visit to Taiwan, and that she was excited to learn about the students here as well as view the heavens from Taiwan.
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