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Xi Meets Taiwan’s KMT Leader for First Such Talks in a Decade

Beijing used the rare party-to-party meeting to press its anti‑independence line under the 1992 Consensus framework.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right shakes hands with Kuomintang (KMT) party leader Cheng Li-wun in Beijing on Friday, April 10, 2026.
A television shows the meeting between Kuomintang (KMT) chairwoman Cheng Li-wun and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, at a restaurant in Taipei on April 10, 2026.
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Overview

  • Cheng Li-wun, who met Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday at the Great Hall of the People, joined the Chinese leader in calling for peace, rejecting Taiwan independence, and citing the 1992 Consensus as the basis for dialogue.
  • State media quoted Xi as labeling Taiwan independence the main threat to stability in the Taiwan Strait and expressing confidence that people on both sides will draw closer.
  • In Taipei, the Kuomintang continues to block a NT$1.25 trillion (about US$40 billion) special defense bill as the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and Taiwan’s defense minister warn that China’s military pressure is intensifying.
  • The meeting comes weeks before a planned Xi–Trump summit and follows a US$11 billion U.S. arms package and a bipartisan U.S. visit that urged Taiwan’s legislature to approve the stalled funding.
  • The 1992 Consensus, a tacit deal that both sides belong to one China but interpret it differently, enables KMT–Communist Party talks even as Beijing refuses contact with Taiwan’s elected government.