Kuomintang chairwoman Cheng Li-wun emphasized the necessity of peace following her meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing. The meeting marks the first encounter between leaders of the two parties in nine years, amidst heightened cross-strait military tensions.

Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s biggest opposition party, the Kuomintang, highlighted the need for peace as she spoke to the media in Beijing on Friday afternoon after her historic meeting with Communist Party chief Xi Jinping. It is the first time the leaders of the KMT and the Communist Party have met in nine years and comes at a time of heightened cross-strait military tensions. Here are the main takeaways from the press conference. A ‘choice of war or peace’ In a clear reference to the....