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Taiwan Opposition Leader to Visit China on Xi's Invitation

Is the KMT chair's Beijing visit a dangerous capitulation to China or a vital channel for cross-strait peace?

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Taiwan Opposition Leader to Visit China on Xi's Invitation

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Above: Cheng Li-wun speaks at the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club in Taipei on March 23. Image credit: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Anti-China narrative

Beijing's invitation to KMT chair Cheng Li-wun is a calculated move to shape cross-strait narratives ahead of Xi's meeting with Trump, using Taiwan's own opposition as a diplomatic prop. The KMT is actively blocking a $40 billion defense budget, handing China exactly the leverage it needs. Letting Beijing set the terms of peace talks while Taiwan's elected government gets frozen out is a dangerous path.

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Pro-China narrative

The CPC-KMT meeting signals that cross-strait peace is achievable through dialogue, not confrontation, grounded in the 1992 Consensus and shared opposition to independence. Cheng's visit demonstrates that political forces on both sides still hold the capacity to stabilize relations and prevent conflict. Dismissing this diplomacy ignores a real, working channel for regional stability.

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