Group wedding planned for couples from across Taiwan strait

BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- A group wedding has been planned for 39 couples of lovers from across the Taiwan Strait in early November, organizers said here Wednesday. The couples would be selected from online applicants from across the strait, Liao Zhonghao, a spokesman with the Guangdong Shuangxi Cultural Communication Company, one of the organizers, said at a launching ceremony of the event. According to the schedule, selected couples from Taiwan would be invited to tour Beijing and Hangzhou, two major tourist attractions on the mainland, in September, while those from the mainland would also be able to visit Taiwan for free in November, he said. A group wedding would then be held for the couples beside the Sun Moon Lake, a renowned tourist destination in Taiwan, he said. Under an agreement signed by the mainland-based... [read full story]