Top News: 8th Cross-Strait Forum opens in NE China The two-day eighth Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum is opened in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 28, 2012. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)  Eighth cross-Strait forum concludes, 17 joint proposals adopted Sr. official proposes more cross-Strait economic cooperation, cultural exchanges KMT Honorary Chairman Wu visits high school in NE China Top political advisor meets cross-Strait forum guests Jia Qinglin (R, back), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), meets with Wu Poh-Hsiung (L, back), honorary chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) Party, and other attendees of the eighth Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 27, 2012. (Xinhua/Li Tao KMT Honorary Chairman Wu arrives in Harbin for cross-Strait forum Cross-Strait forum to be held in NE China city late July

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