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Increasing cultural exchanges across the Taiwan Straits demonstrate the vitality of Chinese culture, Huang Zhixian, president of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots, said on Tuesday.

The hearts of people on both sides of the Straits continued to beat together during the years when contact was banned because they are culturally connected, he said at the opening of the two-day Forum of Chinese Culture that kicked off on Tuesday at Peking University in Beijing.

Since the 1980s, communication has resumed and cultural exchanges have increased, he said. He added, however, that the efforts of people agitating for Taiwan independence have intensified in the cultural field.