Communist Party chief Xi Jinping and KMT chairwoman Cheng Li-wun met in Beijing, marking the first such meeting in almost ten years. Observers view this high-level engagement as a move toward cross-strait stability, despite the KMT's opposition status in Taiwan.

The high-profile talks between leaders of the Communist Party and the Kuomintang are a step towards cross-strait stability despite the KMT’s opposition status in Taiwan, according to observers. Communist Party chief Xi Jinping and KMT chairwoman Cheng Li-wun met in Beijing on Friday in the first such talks between the sitting leaders of the two parties in nearly a decade. Analysts in mainland China and Taiwan broadly agreed that the encounter signalled a revival of cross-strait engagement...