Cultural heavyweights from across the Taiwan Strait gathered in Beijing this week for a high-stakes dialogue blending ancient heritage with modern geopolitics. The 2nd Cross-Strait Chinese Culture Summit opened Wednesday with a clear message: 'We’re stronger together.' 🫂
Song Tao, China’s top official handling Taiwan affairs, called for joint efforts to combat separatist forces seeking independence for the island. 'Our shared bloodline and 5,000-year legacy are unbreakable,' he declared, urging cultural leaders to guide Taiwan residents in preserving national unity.
The event saw an unlikely alliance between mainland officials and Hung Hsiu-chu, former Kuomintang leader turned cultural advocate. 'From Confucian classics to TikTok trends,' she quipped, 'we must co-create content that makes Chinese culture go viral globally.' 📚➡️📱
Key proposals included:
Digital archives for endangered historical texts
Cross-strait animation collaborations
Joint UNESCO heritage applications
Academics later debated how to make traditional culture 'Insta-worthy' for Gen-Z while keeping its soul intact. One professor joked: 'Imagine Lao Tzu’s wisdom as bite-sized reels!' 🧘♂️🎬
