Charity helps to build bridges between relatives

Shenzhen Longyue Charity Foundation, an NGO in the mainland, is helping an increasing number of people to unearth information about deceased family members in Taiwan.

In 1996, Zhang Yajie began searching for the grave of her father Yang Weijun, a battalion commander in the army of the Kuomintang who was killed during a battle against the Japanese in Changde, Hunan province, in 1943.

"Nothing much was left of my father's memory except a martyr's park and a monument in downtown Chengde," said the 76-year-old, who uses her mother's surname.