Taiwanese Attend Cross-Strait Forum Despite Obstruction and Warnings.

The 15th Straits Forum, aimed at promoting people-to-people exchanges between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, will receive over 5,000 attendees from Taiwan, including representatives from various political parties, business, education, agriculture, religion, public health, culture, sci-tech, and finance. Despite obstruction by the secessionist Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities on the island, the forum will be the biggest cross-Straits exchange event after the three-year COVID-19 pandemic. The mainland is making utmost efforts to seek peaceful reunification with Taiwan, including offering more opportunities for employment, training, and education for Taiwan youth, as well as promoting dialogue and cooperation with all political groups in the island that at least are not seeking secession.