Taiwan's KMT Chairwoman Lands in Shanghai for First Opposition Leader Visit to China in a Decade

Shanghai: Taiwan's main opposition leader landed in China on Tuesday for a rare visit aimed at building cross-strait peace. Kuomintang (KMT) chairwoman Cheng Li-wun became the party's first leader to visit China in a decade, having insisted on meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping before she visits US.

The KMT leader touched down at a Shanghai airport early Tuesday afternoon, state news agency Xinhua reported, with live video from Taiwanese media showing her being presented with a bouquet of flowers as she descended from a Shanghai Airlines plane.

Before departing, Cheng told journalists that Taiwan "must do everything in our power to prevent war from breaking out," AFP reported.

Cheng will be in China for six days, visiting Shanghai, Nanjing, and Beijing, where she is expected to meet President Xi. The last KMT party leader to visit China was Hung Hsiu-chu in 2016.