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China’s President Xi Jinping received Taiwan’s main opposition party leader on Friday, in a rare meeting which saw both sides stress a desire for cross-strait peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cheng Li-wun is the Kuomintang’s (KMT) first sitting leader to visit China in a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2016, Beijing cut off high-level communications with Taiwan after the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Tsai Ing-wen became president, citing her refusal to endorse the concept of a single Chinese nation. The DPP is among those who have criticised Cheng’s trip, accusing her of being “subservient” to Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has not ruled out taking the self-governed island by force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The leaders of our two parties are meeting today in order to safeguard the peace and stability of our shared homeland, to promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, and to allow future generations to share in a bright and beautiful future,” said Xi in a meeting at China’s Great Hall of the People on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that China was willing – on the common political foundation of opposing Taiwan independence – to strengthen exchange and dialogue together with various parties, including the KMT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Xi also reiterated that those on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese, and that they all wanted peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response, Cheng said the “rejuvenation of the Chinese people is a shared aspiration of the people on both sides of the Strait”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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