Luxury cruise lines to help build ties between mainland and Taiwan
Buddhist nuns hold statues of Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy in Buddhist legend, aboard a passenger ship on Monday at a port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. They were making a direct voyage to Taiwan for cultural and religious exchanges. Yong Kai / For China Daily |
ZHOUSHAN, Zhejiang - A luxury cruise liner carrying 1,000 bronze figurines of Guanyin, or the Goddess of Mercy, set sail from East China's Zhejiang province on Monday on a direct cross-Straits voyage to Taiwan that is intended to promote cross-Straits cultural and religious exchanges.
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