China News Service, Guangzhou, April 4th. "Nice to meet you!" "What's your name?" "Are you getting used to coming to Guangdong?" On the afternoon of the 3rd, in the square in front of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall on the Guangzhou campus of Sun Yat-sen University, people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait had never met before. Young students started a lively interaction.
On April 3, young Taiwanese students who accompanied Ma Ying-jeou to the mainland came to the Guangzhou campus of Sun Yat-sen University for a visit and exchange. Lively dialogue between young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Photo by China News Service reporter Zhu He
On the same day, young Taiwanese students who accompanied Ma Ying-jeou to the mainland came to the school to visit and exchange. After the gift-giving session and the "ice-breaking" game, the students all took out their mobile phones, scanned the QR code to add WeChat messages, or took a group photo.
Xu Minshan, a Taipei student from Sun Yat-sen University who lives in Kaohsiung, made a new friend from his hometown and fell in love with him at the first sight. Fu Lili, a mainland student, was an exchange student at Tunghai University in Taiwan last year, and this time she met three Taiwanese friends; she felt like her peers Wan Yuming, a student at the National Chung Cheng University Institute of Political Science, said, "It's like seeing family."
Later at the exchange meeting held at Huaishi Hall, Ma Ying-jeou said that when he came to Sun Yat-sen University today, he felt particularly cordial to meet his young friends, because there is also a Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and the two schools have established a sister school, which is a very good exchange. model.
On April 3, young Taiwanese students who accompanied Ma Ying-jeou to visit performed a chorus at the Huaishi Hall of Sun Yat-sen University. Photo by China News Service reporter Zhu He
Ma Ying-jeou said that promoting cross-strait student exchanges is the most important goal of his trip. He invited teachers and students from Sun Yat-sen University to return to Taiwan. “I will also accompany you to travel around the country to experience Taiwan’s customs and customs.”
Sun Yat-sen University President Gao Song introduced the history of Sun Yat-sen University to Ma Ying-jeou and young Taiwanese students. He said that many Taiwanese students apply for the school every year. In the past ten years, the school has admitted nearly a thousand Taiwanese students, focusing on medicine, economics and management. , computer and other subjects. He hoped that the young friends present could communicate with each other, learn from each other, walk together, and experience Mr. Sun Yat-sen's noble demeanor and broad sentiments.
On April 3, students from Sun Yat-sen University performed a classical pas de deux performance. Photo by China News Service reporter Zhu He
During the exchange session, Sun Yat-sen University presented performances of the folk music "Flowers and Full Moon" and "Backgammon" and the classical pas de deux "Shu Jian". Students from Taiwan brought piano and cello performances, and young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait also sang popular songs such as "Grandma's Penghu Bay" and "Friends".
Sun Yat-sen University, founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, located in Kaohsiung, was established in 1980 and is now an academic center in southern Taiwan. Not only do Sun Yat-sen universities on both sides of the Taiwan Strait share the same name and celebrate the same school day, but their school mottos are "Erudition, Inquiry, Careful Thinking, Clear Discrimination, and Practicing Sincerely" written by Sun Yat-sen himself. The school anthems are also very similar. (over)