KMT chairwoman says peaceful unification with China ‘premature’By Lin Hsin-han, Hollie Younger and Fion Khan / Staff reporter, with staff writers and CNAChinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) recently said in an exclusive interview with The Economist that she considers peaceful unification with China “premature,” the party said today. In the interview on Tuesday last week, Cheng talked about cross-strait peace, national identity, national defense and security, US-China relations and her political career, the party said. Chinese Nationalist Party Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun is pictured in an undated photograph. She said she hopes for exchanges and dialogue with China, including meeting Xi as she advocates for cross-strait reconciliation. Asked in the interview about Beijing’s high expectations for peaceful unification, she called herself a pragmatic politician.

Source: Taipei Times February 03, 2026 10:10 UTC