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The government should put forward a more proactive exchange policy for the youth and encourage them to engage with the wider world, the source said
By Chen Yu-fu and Esme Yeh / Staff reporters
Beijing is trying to entice young Taiwanese to attend the Cross-Strait Sun Yat-sen Forum in Guangdong Province, China, by offering to cover all their expenses except round-trip airfare, an official said yesterday.“The cheapest things are the most expensive,” an official familiar with China’s “united front” work said, adding that such tours typically include visits to “red propaganda bases.”“These kinds of united front trips only end up bringing back a lot of falsehoods,” said the official, who wished to remain anonymous.
A poster promoting the Cross-Strait Sun Yat-sen Forum in China’s Guangdong Province.
