Social media platforms （媒體平臺(tái)） from the Chinese mainland are getting popular among young people in Taiwan province，according to Xinhua Daily.
   A student named Wang Li goes to Taipei First Girls High School.Two years ago，she downloaded （下載） Xiaohongshu，a popular lifestyle-sharing platform，to learn some makeup （化妝） skills to improve （1）

herself

herself

.She told Xinhua Daily that the app was a great "helper" to make her look more beautiful.
Wang is not （2）

alone

alone

.Most young people in Taiwan province enjoy（3）

watching

watching

films and TV dramas from the Chinese mainland，looking through Bilibili and talking about beauty videos on Xiaohongshu，according to the United Daily News in Taiwan province. （4）

Another

Another

popular app among the young in Taiwan province is Douyin.It has 3 million users in Taiwan province.Nearly 70 percent of them are under the （5）

age

age

of 24.
   On Feb 11，Xiaohongshu ranked （排名） first on the list of popular apps in the Google Play Store in Taiwan province，with more than 5 million downloads.Most of its users were in their twenties，Xinhua reported.Zhang Hongyuan，a professor （教授） from a univeristy in Taiwan province，said that by using the same social media platforms，young people from both the Chinese mainland and Taiwan province felt closer （6）

to

to

each other.
   "This helps them （7）

better

better

understand each other than before and encourages them to join hands for the development of Mainland-Taiwan relations"，said Zhang. （8）

Although/Though

Although/Though

many people from Taiwan province have never been to the mainland，the apps have made them learn much about the mainland.Even many young people in Taiwan province hope to travel，study and work in the mainland one day.