Xi Jinping Calls for Patience on Taiwan Reunification During Talks
Communist Party chief Xi Jinping spoke with Taiwan's opposition leader, Cheng Li-wun. Xi emphasized a patient approach to cross-strait relations, marking a rare meeting between leaders of the two parties.
Communist Party chief Xi Jinping appears to be taking a patient approach to reunification with Taiwan, according to the island’s opposition leader and a member of her delegation who attended a rare meeting with Xi in Beijing. Xi met Cheng Li-wun, who leads Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang, and her delegation at the Great Hall of the People on Friday – the first talks between sitting leaders of the two parties in nearly a decade. Discussing the cross-strait relationship, Xi said the issues had...