Article discusses symbolic Xi–Kuomintang meeting and calls for peaceful cross-strait reunification

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:05:00 +0200

The article describes a reported high-level meeting in Beijing between Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping and Zheng Liwen, identified as Chair of the Kuomintang, portraying it as the first significant dialogue between the two sides in a decade. It frames the encounter as symbolic, emphasizing shared messaging that people across the Taiwan Strait desire peace and oppose division, while reaffirming a “One China” framework and the goal of peaceful reunification.

The text situates the meeting within a broader global context, arguing that recent international conflicts demonstrate the destructive consequences of modern warfare. It references ongoing wars such as the Russia–Ukraine conflict and a hypothetical U.S.–Israel conflict with Iran, presenting highly detailed claims about military losses, infrastructure destruction, and economic impacts. These figures are used to support the argument that any conflict over Taiwan would have catastrophic humanitarian and economic co