{"id":2585309,"date":"2026-03-30T12:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-opposition-leader-agrees-to-meet-xi-jinping-ahead-of-trump-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:40:16","slug":"taiwan-opposition-leader-agrees-to-meet-xi-jinping-ahead-of-trump-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-opposition-leader-agrees-to-meet-xi-jinping-ahead-of-trump-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan opposition leader agrees to meet Xi Jinping ahead of Trump summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaiwan-opposition-leader-agrees-to-meet-xi-jinping-ahead-of-trump-summit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2585309&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Taiwan\u2019s opposition Kuomintang (KMT) leader Cheng Li-wun has accepted an invitation to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing ahead of the may summit between Xi and U.S. President Donald Trump. Cheng says the trip will be used to push for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-tsai-ing-wen-u-s-has-troops-stationed-in-taiwan\/\" title=\"... Tsai Ing-wen: U.S. Has Troops Stationed in Taiwan\">cross-strait peace<\/a> and to present a Taiwan approach more conducive to dialog with Beijing. The development underscores Taiwan\u2019s political divide: the KMT favors maintaining the ambiguous status quo with Beijing,dialing down provocations,and pursuing closer ties,while the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) emphasizes taiwan\u2019s sovereignty and the right to elect its own president. Beijing regards unification as a crucial objective before 2049, and the visit comes as U.S. lawmakers visit Taiwan to discuss security and trade, drawing protests from Beijing. Cheng\u2019s leadership positions the KMT as seeking a more cooperative path with Beijing, a stance that could broaden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-prepares-to-inaugurate-new-biden-esque-president\/\" title=\"Taiwan readies for the inauguration of new ..., Biden-style\">cross-strait dialogue<\/a> but <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >risks alienating younger voters<\/a> who question the party\u2019s approach. The article frames the Beijing meeting as an chance for Xi to showcase an alternative Taiwanese stance ahead of the high-stakes Xi-Trump talks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Taiwan opposition leader agrees to meet Xi Jinping ahead of Trump summit<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2540807\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The leader of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taiwan\/\">Taiwan&rsquo;s<\/a> conservative opposition party will meet with Chinese leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xi-jinping\/\">Xi Jinping <\/a>ahead of the U.S.-China summit in May.<\/p>\n<p>Cheng Li-wun, leader of the Kuomingtang, &ldquo;gladly&rdquo; accepted an invitation to speak with Xi in Beijing next month &mdash; promising to use the opportunity to advocate cross-strait peace.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4509228\/netanyahu-revokes-ban-patriarch-jerusalem-holy-sepulchre\/\">Netanyahu revokes ban on Latin patriarch from entering Jerusalem&#8217;s Holy Sepulchre<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4509118\/trump-oil-iran-venezuela\/\">Trump states &lsquo;preference&rsquo; to take oil from Iran like with Venezuela<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4509075\/trump-threatens-obliteration-irans-energy-grid-new-deal-isnt-reached-new-regime\/\">Trump threatens obliteration of Iran&rsquo;s energy sites if new deal isn&#8217;t reached with &lsquo;new regime&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We want to prove to the people of Taiwan and the entire world that conflict between the two sides of the strait is not inevitable,&rdquo; Cheng told the press on Monday. &ldquo;Through our own wisdom and efforts, we can together forge a broad path of peace.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cheng Li-wun delivers a speech after winning the Kuomintang (KMT, Nationalist Party) chairman election in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Chiang Ying-ying)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She added: &ldquo;We hope April&rsquo;s visit marks the &#8203;beginning of the new spring of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and this would be the first step for both sides to extend kindness and build mutual trust.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cheng&rsquo;s visit to China will occur just weeks before the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4483416\/tariffs-taiwan-xi-jinping-trump-iran-war\/\">much-anticipated summit<\/a> between Xi and President Donald Trump. The meeting, originally scheduled for this month, has been pushed back to mid-May.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to bring the KMT leader to Beijing ahead of the summit presents an opportunity for Xi to showcase an alternative Taiwanese school of politics that is more amicable to cross-strait dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Cheng was elected as party chairwoman late last year following a campaign that emphasized the need to temper the island&rsquo;s provocations against the Communist regime. She also prominently advocated that Taiwanese people not give up their Chinese cultural identity.<\/p>\n<p>In sharp contrast to President William Lai and his ruling Democratic Progressive Party, Cheng and the KMT said on the campaign trail that they want &ldquo;Taiwanese people to be able to confidently say, &lsquo;I am Chinese.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The DPP declares openly its belief that the island is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3808280\/taiwan-leaders-sovereignty-kuomintang-chinese-invasion\/\">entirely sovereign and separated<\/a> from the mainland, frustrating the Communist Party. Beijing sees the reestablishment of Chinese governance over Taiwan as a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4496108\/china-non-violent-unification-taiwan-unlikely-invade-2027\/\">crucial objective<\/a> ahead of the nation&rsquo;s centennial anniversary in 2049.<\/p>\n<p>The Kuomintang, whose name translates to &ldquo;Chinese Nationalist Party,&rdquo; is the party that briefly ruled mainland China between the fall of the Qing dynasty and the climax of the Communist Revolution. <\/p>\n<p>The modern KMT continues to resent the Communist regime that overthrew it, but rejects the idea that Taiwan should become its own sovereign state separate from the mainland. It instead advocates maintaining the ambiguous status quo, playing nice with Beijing, and quietly building up defensive capabilities that would make an invasion too costly.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a position that welcomes far more cooperation from Beijing, but risks alienating younger voters who question the endgame of cozying up to a Communist regime no one has interest in joining.<\/p>\n<p>DPP Secretary-General Hsu Kuo-yung said he hopes Cheng will communicate to Xi that Taiwan is a &ldquo;sovereign, independent country&rdquo; with the right to &ldquo;elect [its] own president.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &ldquo;And she should also ask Xi Jinping: When is China going to elect its president?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4489947\/taiwan-cultural-revolution-progressives-china\/\">WESTERN-STYLE PROGRESSIVISM COMES TO TAIWAN, CHALLENGING ITS NATIONAL IDENTITY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The announcement of Cheng&rsquo;s visit coincides with a bipartisan group of U.S. senators visiting Taiwan to discuss regional security and trade &mdash; a trip that has irritated Beijing and led to accusations of meddling in Chinese affairs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;China has all along opposed official contact between the U.S. and China&rsquo;s Taiwan region, and has lodged serious protests with the U.S. side,&rdquo; Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Mao Ning <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/eng\/xw\/fyrbt\/lxjzh\/202603\/t20260330_11883723.html\">told reporters<\/a> on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>She warned that the United States should &ldquo;handle the Taiwan question prudently and properly&rdquo; and &ldquo;stop any form of official contact with China&rsquo;s Taiwan region.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan&#8217;s KMT chief to meet Xi before Trump summit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2585310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25291444643316.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[76096,9105,3634,76810],"class_list":["post-2585309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cross-strait-relations","tag-taiwan","tag-trump","tag-xi-jinping-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25291444643316.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585313,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585309\/revisions\/2585313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}