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英语新闻丨Fujian plays key role in boosting cross-Strait ties
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Two years ago, Taiwan bartender Danny Hsu brought his 12 years of mixology experience from Taichung, a city in China's Taiwan region, and opened Stirred Bar in the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, a historical architectural complex in downtown Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province.
两年前,中国台湾地区台中市的调酒师许丹尼(Danny Hsu)带着12年的调酒经验,在福建省会福州市中心的历史建筑群三坊七巷开设了“Stirred Bar”酒吧。
Hsu enjoys experimentally incorporating fresh fruits, tea, coffee and even unexpected ingredients like vinegar and chili into his cocktails, conveying unique tastes and his understanding of life.
许丹尼喜欢在调酒中尝试加入新鲜水果、茶、咖啡,甚至醋、辣椒等非常规原料,以此传递独特的口感和他对生活的理解。
His latest creation is a cocktail symbolizing the fusion of cultures across the Taiwan Strait, blending full-bodied Kaoliang liquor, a specialty from Taiwan, with the gentle aroma of Fuzhou's jasmine tea.
他最新创作的一款鸡尾酒象征着两岸文化融合,将台湾特产的醇厚高粱酒与福州茉莉花茶的淡雅香气相融合。
"The fiery spirit meets the sweet jasmine flowers, just like the ongoing cross-Strait integration," he said.
他表示:“浓烈的酒香邂逅清甜的茉莉,就像正在推进的两岸融合发展一样。”
Oct 25 marks the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's retrocession. Since its return to the motherland in 1945, cross-Strait relations have experienced twists and turns, but integrated development has always been the main historical trend.
10月25日是台湾光复80周年纪念日。自1945年回归祖国以来,两岸关系虽历经波折,但融合发展始终是历史主流。
Fujian and Taiwan are connected by a single body of water, and share the same ancestry, culture and customs, with about 80 percent of Taiwan's population tracing its ancestry back to Fujian. Such closeness gives the coastal province an irreplaceable role in promoting peaceful cross-Strait development and reunification.
福建与台湾隔海相望、同根同源、文化相通、习俗相近,约80%的台湾民众祖籍在福建。这种特殊的亲缘联系,让福建在推动两岸和平发展、促进祖国统一进程中具有不可替代的作用。
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, President Xi J