Cheng Li-wun's visit to China, expected to take place in April, would be the first by a sitting leader of Taiwan's main opposition party in a decade.

Cheng Li-wun’s visit to China, expected to take place in April, would be the first by a sitting leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party in a decade.

The leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party is set to visit China in April after accepting an invite from Chinese President Xi Jinping.

In a statement on Monday, Kuomintang (KMT) said its chairperson, Cheng Li-wun, was “grateful” for the invitation and had “gladly” accepted it.

Cheng “expressed hope that the two parties (the KMT and China’s Communist Party) ‌would work together to promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, strengthen cross-strait exchanges and ‌cooperation, ​secure peace in the Taiwan Strait, and enhance the well-being of the people,” her party said.

  • freagle@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Please just go read Chinese government statements and policy.

    The CPC has literally never threatened to use military force to achieve reunification. It reserves the use of military force for only 2 cases - 1) foreign military threats using Taiwan as a base become too dire and 2) a separatist group on Taiwan declares independence and attempts to secede from China. This has been repeatedly stated for over 50 years at this point. At no point has the CPC ever said anything remotely resembling a threat of violence to force the issue. You can compare both rhetoric and official policy from the US, UK, France, Germany, and Russia to understand what it means when a country threatens violence. The CPC has made no equivalent statements or policies.

    In the case of number 1, the CPC has demonstrated incredible restraint. There are currently US soldiers stationed but 4 miles from the mainland because the province of Taiwan covers the main island and all the island chain as well. There are US HIMARS and ATACMS in the province. The CPC doesn’t consider this enough of a threat to act. Consider that the US will literally lie about threats to go to war while China is staring at long range high precision missile batteries on its coast and doesn’t think that’s dangerous enough yet to take action.

    In the case of number 2, secession is unpopular in Taiwan, and will continue to get less popular over time as the conditions for remaining as US protectorate deteriorate. It is expected that if a secessionary movement does gain steam that it is likely due to US covert operations, since the US has demonstrated it is willing and able to foment literal civil war in countries around the world to advance its megalomaniacal goals.