Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is to lead a group of students to China on Beijing’s invitation next month in a bid to boost cross-strait academic exchanges, Ma Ying-jeou Foundation director Hsiao Hsu-tsen (蕭旭岑) said on Monday.
From April 1 to 10, the group is to visit significant cultural sites and businesses in Guangdong, Shaanxi and Beijing, Hsiao told reporters.
Ma, Hsiao, former Presidential Office director Wang Kuang-tzu (王光慈) and National Chengchi University professor Chiu Kun-shuan (邱坤玄) are to lead a group of 20 students on the trip, he said.
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They are to also attend the annual offering at the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor in Shaanxi, as well as visit schools including Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou and Peking University, he added.
Ma made a similar trip in March last year leading 30 students to Nanjing, Wuhan, Changsha, Chongqing and Shanghai.
The trip marked the first time a former head of state visited China.
Last year’s trip had an “extremely positive impact on cross-strait relations,” allowing Chinese people to see the vitality of Taiwan’s students, Hsiao said.
It was followed up by a visit in July last year by students from five top Chinese universities to Taiwan, giving them a deeper understanding of Taiwan, he said.
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