Cross-Straits ties to be buoyed by swimmers

One hundred participants from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan will swim across the straits between Xiamen, Fujian province, and Taiwan's Kinmen on Saturday morning in the first event of its kind.

Organizers hope the mass swim will strengthen connections between the two sides.

The swimmers, 50 from the mainland and 50 from Taiwan, will kick off at 10:30 am. They will leave Yefengzhai in Xiamen, and swim to Shuangkou village in Kinmen.