China’s President Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has met Cheng Li-wun, chair of Taiwan’s main opposition party – the Kuomintang (KMT).

Cheng is visiting China at the invitation of the CPC Central Committee and Xi. She is the first KMT chair to lead a delegation to China in a decade. Prior to arriving in Beijing, the delegation travelled to Jiangsu province and Shanghai where they toured various historical and industry sites.

The meeting came amid continued cross-strait political sensitivity, with both sides maintaining formal channels of party-to-party engagement despite strained official relations.

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