Once pro-independence, Taiwan opposition leader leans into China

TAIPEI — Cheng Li-wun was once a fierce campaigner for Taiwan’s independence, but these days the firebrand leader of the democratic island’s largest opposition party sees herself as a peace builder with China. Cheng, 56, will lead a Kuomintang (KMT) delegation to China on Tuesday — the first by a sitting chairperson of the party since 2016 — where she hopes to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. The former talk show host and legislator has rocked Taiwanese politics since her unexpected rise in November to the top of the KMT, which has long advocated closer economic links and cultural exchanges […]... Keep on reading: Once pro-independence, Taiwan opposition leader leans into China

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