China boosts ties with Taiwan
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This is the first such visit between the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang of Taiwan in 10 years. Here is what China may be signalling through it, and why it matters for the larger Taiwan issue.
Xi Jinping hosted Taiwan's main opposition leader in Beijing for the first time in a decade, ahead of a high-stakes meeting with Trump in May and Taiwan's presidential election in 2028.
The Chinese mainland on Sunday rolled out a package of 10 policies and measures, spanning inter-party communication, infrastructure, travel, trade, and culture, aimed at boosting exchanges and cooperation with Taiwan.
Taiwan's National Security Bureau claims that China is intensifying efforts to steal semiconductor process technologies and other chip-related know-how from Taiwan as international restrictions get
In his meeting with visiting Kuomintang (KMT) leader Cheng Li-wun on Friday (Apr 10), Chinese President Xi Jinping said he was willing to work with all political parties in Taiwan to advance cross-strait ties.