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South China Morning Post on 2023-11-13 11:00

‘Romeos and Juliets’: peace talks see rival villages in China end centuries of hostility to allow intermarriages and trade

More than two centuries of bitterness between villages in rural China have ended after a series of peace talks, delighting modern-day inhabitants.

Yang Yantian

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