Xi Invites Taiwans Opposition Party Leader to Visit China

Taiwan’s Kuomintang chairperson, Cheng Li-wun, arrives at the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Taipei on March 23, 2026. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty ImagesBeijing has invited Taiwan’s largest opposition party leader to visit China in mid-April, reigniting concerns about the Chinese regime’s efforts to exploit Taiwan’s democracy to sow division amid political deadlock.Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping has extended an invitation to Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s Nationalist Party, to visit the mainland from April 7 to 12, Chinese state media Xinhua reported on March 30.