Cross-strait relations
Cheng Li-wun meets Xi Jinping during mainland visit as cross-strait dialogue revives
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Kuomintang chairwoman Cheng Li-wun met Xi Jinping in Beijing on the fourth day of her six-day mainland visit, marking the first meeting between the two parties' leaders in nine years. In a press conference, she described the talks as the KMT's initial step to defuse cross-strait tensions, calling it a "choice of war or peace." Analysts say the encounter reaffirms the 1992 consensus but hinges on the KMT regaining power in Taiwan.
Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) chair Cheng Li-wun will arrive in Shanghai on April 7 for a six-day trip to mainland China, traveling by train to Nanjing to pay respects at Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum. A KMT press statement issued on Tuesday night described Sun Yat-sen as the founder of the Republic of China—Taiwan's formal name—and a symbol of the shared past between Taiwan and the mainland. Cheng stated that the party has an inescapable historical mission to promote peaceful cross-strait dialogue.