Peace is a ‘common wish’: Taiwan opposition leader meets Xi Jinping in Beijing in rare visit

Communist Party chief Xi Jinping met Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), in Beijing on April 10, 2026. Their meeting marked the first time a sitting KMT chairperson had met the Communist Party leadership since November 2016, when then-KMT chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu visited the mainland and held a meeting with Xi.