TAIPEI, Taiwan—Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Taiwan’s main opposition leader in Beijing on April 10, amid China’s escalating military pressure on the island and a dispute in Taiwan’s parliament stalling a major defence spending plan.
Xi held talks with Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), who arrived in China on April 7 at the invitation of the Chinese leader. It marks the first meeting between Xi and a KMT leader since 2016.
At the opening of their talks, Xi told Cheng that the “rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will not change,” a phrase echoed in Beijing’s 2022 white paper on Taiwan, which framed the island’s annexation as a cornerstone of that vision….
China’s Xi Meets Taiwan’s Opposition Leader Amid Beijing’s Military Threats
