President Ma Ying-jeou is encouraging young people from Taiwan and China to interact with each other.
Ma made the comments on Thursday while receiving a Taiwanese delegation of teenagers. The delegation is slated to attend the Hugh O’Brian Youth World Leadership Congress in the United States, where they will meet with 400 other young people from around the world.
Ma encouraged the delegation to interact with people from other countries. He also said he lifted the ban on Chinese students studying in Taiwan in order to allow young people from the two sides to learn more about each other.
"Over the past six years, many Mainland Chinese students have come to Taiwan to study" said Ma. "I hope that young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait will become friends. This will help the two sides understand each other and contribute to lasting peace," he said.