Taiwan KMT Chairwoman Cheng Accepts Xi Invitation for Visit

Taiwan's opposition leader, Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Kuomintang party, has accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the Chinese mainland from April 7 to 12, her party announced Monday. The trip, which Cheng has pushed for ahead of her planned visit to the United States, will take her to Beijing, Shanghai and Jiangsu province, according to China's official Xinhua news agency.

In a statement, the Kuomintang said Cheng was grateful for the invitation and looked forward to joint efforts with China's Communist Party to advance peaceful cross-strait relations, promote exchanges and cooperation, and work toward stability in the Taiwan Strait and improved welfare for people on both sides. While details remain limited, Cheng has publicly expressed interest in meeting Xi, describing such talks as carrying symbolic weight. "I do not believe a single meeting can resolve all the issues that have been accumulating for nearly a century," she told foreign media last week. "But I hope I can successfully build such a bridge."

Cheng, a former lawmaker who assumed the chairwoman role in October after winning an internal party election, leads the Kuomintang, Taiwan's...