US EditionTaiwan's opposition leader to visit China next month, ahead of Trump
KMT chairwoman Cheng Li-wun will visit Beijing, Shanghai, and Jiangsu from April 7-12 to promote peaceful cross-strait ties ahead of US President Trump's May China visit.
- On Monday, KMT Chair Cheng Li-wun accepted an invitation from Chinese President Jinping to visit China from April 7 to April 12, leading a delegation to Beijing, Shanghai, and Jiangsu.
- China refuses to engage with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, whom it calls a "separatist," but consistently welcomes senior KMT officials seeking to strengthen cross-strait exchanges and cooperation.
- Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office, extended the invitation to advance cross-strait ties as Cheng Li-wun won election as KMT chairwoman in October, signaling closer ties with Beijing than predecessor Eric Chu.
- While supporting Taiwan's defense, the KMT refuses to sign "blank cheques" regarding Lai's government request for an extra US$40 billion in spending, demanding more details before granting approval in Parliament.
- This visit precedes President Donald Trump's mid-May summit in Beijing, as the KMT and Communist Party aim to secure peace in the Taiwan Strait, though no formal peace treaty has existed since 1949.
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Taiwan's opposition leader to visit China next month, ahead of Trump
The leader of Taiwan's largest opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), will visit China in April after being invited by Chinese President Xi Jinping, a trip that will come a month before U.S. President Donald Trump goes to Beijing for his own summit.
The Chinese President invited the leader of the Kuomintang in mainland China. At this stage, a meeting between the two personalities is not confirmed Chinese President Xi Jinping invited the leader of the main opposition party in Taiwan to come to China in April, with a delegation, a proposal that she "accepted with pleasure", but which could cost him politically.
Amid tensions between Beijing and Taipei, the chairwoman of Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party is heading to China for the first time in a decade. The party has confirmed Chinese media reports that Cheng Li-wun has accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit China in April, foreign news agencies report.
The President of Kuomintang (KMT), Cheng Li-wun, 'appropriately accepted' the invitation to lead a delegation on a visit to China, said the party in a communiqué
Taiwan opposition leader accepts Xi's invite to visit China
The leader of Taiwan's largest opposition party is set to visit China in April after accepting an invite from Chinese President Xi Jinping. In a statement on Monday, Kuomintang (KMT) said its chairperson, Cheng Li-wun, was "grateful" for the invitation and had "gladly" accepted it. Cheng "expressed hope that the two parties (the KMT and China's Communist Party) would work together to promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, s…
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