KMT’s Cheng touts ‘shared political foundation’ at Xi meetingBy Liu Wan-ling and Fion Khan / Staff reporter, with staff writerBoth sides of the Taiwan Strait share a political foundation based on the “1992 consensus” and opposition to Taiwanese independence, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) today said during her meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平). Peace is a shared moral value across the Strait, and both sides should move beyond political confrontation to seek institutionalized solutions to prevent war, she said. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun speaks at a dinner reception held by China’s Taiwan Affairs Office Director Song Tao in Nanjing, China, on Tuesday. Cheng told Xi she hoped that, through the efforts of both parties, the Taiwan Strait would no longer be a focal point of potential conflict and would certainly not become a "chessboard for outside forces to intervene in." The CCP and the KMT should work together to build a modern Chinese civilization as a model for global integration and prosperity, Cheng said.

Source: Taipei Times April 10, 2026 05:13 UTC