Cheng’s remarks to Xi a ‘shameful surrender’: DPP lawmakerBy Chen Cheng-yu and Sam Garcia / Staff reporter, with staff writerChinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s (鄭麗文) remarks during her meeting with President Xi Jinping (習近平) were shameful and a chilling “letter of surrender,” Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Fan Yun (范雲) said on social media today. Cheng is surrendering by abandoning her allies, as “outside forces” in Beijing’s discourse refers to the US and Japan, Fan said. If Taiwan’s sovereignty cannot be firmly upheld, meetings like today’s between the KMT and CPP could harm Taiwan, DPP Secretary-General Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇) said. Xi should be clearly told that Taiwan is an independent country and not subordinate to China, Hsu said, calling on Chinese military aircraft and naval vessels to stop harassing Taiwan. Such unnecessary suspicions should not be allowed to arise among people in Taiwan, he added.

Source: Taipei Times April 10, 2026 09:33 UTC