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XIAMEN, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Though China's complete reunification is yet to be achieved, the ties between people across the Taiwan Strait run deep.
This can be felt more strongly in the eastern province of Fujian, which is close to Taiwan in terms of geography, culture and ancestral ties.
Over the weekend, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and obstruction from Taiwan authorities, the 13th Straits Forum held here attracted thousands of Taiwan compatriots to attend its offline activities, with many more participating online.

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Photo taken on Dec. 11, 2021 shows the 13th Straits Forum in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Fujian has seen generations of compatriots from across the Strait settle down and call the mainland home.
Xinhua reporters met with three Taiwan compatriots who shared their stories of settling down in Fujian, offering a glimpse of the life choices of hundreds of thousands of Taiwan compatriots who work and live on this side of the Strait.

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A performance is staged during the 13th Straits Forum in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, Dec. 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
【newThree ordinary Taiwan locals who made new lives across the Strait】DAUGHTER WHO FOLLOWS "FOOLISH FATHER" ON GOLF PROJECT
In the county of Lianjiang lies a prime golf course surrounded by lush mountains and murmuring streams. Its owner, 58-year-old Chiang Pei-Chi, is still struck by a feeling of disbelief recalling how her father transformed a marshland into a popular golf course.
In 1992, Chiang made her first trip to her ancestral home in Lianjiang with her father, a businessman from Taiwan who planned to seize the opportunities of the reform and opening up and start his own business on the mainland.
Chiang was left befuddled and unsure where to start when she was led to a patch of marshland.
"There was nothing else," she recalled. Chiang said she was shocked when her father told her they were going to build a golf course.
"The whole project took six years, during which a small hill had to be removed, and a dike extending 3.3 km long was built," Chiang said.
Chiang likens her father to the foolish old man, or Yugong, a figure from an ancient Chinese legend who was determined to lead his family to remove the mountains that blocked their way in and out of their home, shovel by shovel.

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Video grab shows Chiang Pei-Chi taking a walk in her golf course in Lianjiang County of Fuzhou, east China's Fujian Province, Dec. 7, 2021. (Xinhua/Chen Wang)
"I am the daughter of a foolish old man, but what's more, I am the daughter of Lianjiang." Years later, Chiang came to understand the reason behind her father's feat.
Chiang said her father was born in Lianjiang, and he knew very well that if there was no dike, places like Gui'an and Taoyuan villages would be flooded every year.
"Just a while ago, when it rained heavily, waterlogging can be seen in many places. At that time, I was looking at the course of the Aojiang River, when I suddenly realized that we were defending our homeland."
In 2010, she began to take over the golf course. "In the future, we plan to build a medical tourism destination, integrating development on both sides of the Strait through industries," she said.
Yet economic opportunity is not the only point of consideration for people like Chiang. "My father came back to the mainland because he believed he was rooted here. He wanted to leave a beautiful garden for his hometown. From this perspective, what he did is valuable," she said.

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