Taiwan Opposition Leader Meets Xi Amid Expanding Military Tensions

In a high-stakes diplomatic maneuver, Taiwan’s opposition leader Cheng Li-wun landed in China this week for talks with President Xi Jinping, marking the first such visit by a Kuomintang (KMT) leader in a decade. This visit comes amidst soaring tensions across the Taiwan Strait, with Beijing intensifying military pressure on the island and actively objecting to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. Cheng, who leads the traditionally Beijing-friendly KMT, is advocating for renewed dialogue with China to defu