Xi Invites Taiwan’s Opposition Party Leader to Visit China

The Nationalist Party chairwoman’s visit would occur a month before Trump travels to Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping.

Taiwan's Kuomintang chairperson, Cheng Li-wun, arrives at the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club in Taipei on March 23, 2026. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images

Beijing has invited Taiwan’s largest opposition party leader to visit China in mid-April, reigniting concerns about the Chinese regime’s efforts to exploit Taiwan’s democracy to sow division amid political deadlock.

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping has extended an invitation to Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s Nationalist Party, to visit the mainland from April 7 to 12, Chinese state media Xinhua reported on March 30.