Taiwan opposition leader heads to China in what she calls a ‘journey for peace’

On 7 April 2026, Taiwan’s opposition leader Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the KMT, arrived in Shanghai in China, starting a KMT delegation visit. It is her first trip in a decade, according to Bloomberg, and she called it a ‘journey for peace’. The BBC and Al Jazeera wrote that a meeting with Xi Jinping is expected, and Frankfurter Allgemeine wrote that China invited Taiwan’s opposition and that Xi wants to meet her.

Japan Times wrote that the visit comes as Taiwan’s president calls for talks.