{"id":46488,"date":"2026-04-05T21:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46488"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:04:29","slug":"taiwan-opposition-chiefs-peace-china-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46488","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan opposition chief&#8217;s &#8216;peace&#8217; China visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Taiwan&#8217;s main opposition leader will make a rare trip to China on Tuesday, weeks before US President Donald Trump, with Beijing expected to use the visit to increase its influence over the island.<\/p>\n<p>Cheng Li-wun, who will become the first sitting chairperson of the Kuomintang (KMT) to travel to China in a decade, said she wants to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping to build cross-strait &#8220;peace&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwanese officials and experts, however, say Xi sees an opportunity to reinforce Cheng&#8217;s standing in the KMT and stymie further US weapons sales to Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>The KMT has long advocated for closer relations with China, which considers Taiwan part of its territory and has threatened to use force to seize it.<\/p>\n<p>But Cheng, whose unexpected rise to the top of the KMT drew congratulations from Xi in October, has been accused by critics, including inside the party, of being too pro-China.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan&#8217;s main opposition leader will make a rare trip to China on Tuesday, weeks before US President Donald Trump, with Beijing expected to use the visit to increase its influence over the island. Cheng Li-wun, who will become the first sitting chairperson of the Kuomintang (KMT) to travel to China in a decade, said she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}