China says to boost Taiwan exchanges as opposition leader ends visit

China will implement a series of measures to enhance exchanges with Taiwan, Beijing said on Sunday on the final day of a rare visit by an opposition party delegation from the self-ruled island.Kuomintang (KMT) chairwoman Cheng Li-wun is the party’s first leader to visit China in a decade, although she has faced criticism in Taiwan from those who accuse her of being too pro-Beijing.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.China cut off high-level contact with Taiwan after the 2016 presidential victory of the Democratic Progressive Party, which remains in power and which rejects Beijing’s claim that the self-ruled island is part of its territory.Beijing released a list of 10 measures to “promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and enhance the well-being of compatriots,” state news agency Xinhua said, hours before Cheng’s delegation wrapped up its six-day visit and departed Beijing for Taipei on Sunday afternoon.Among the

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