“Compatriots on both sides are both Chinese, and we need peace, we need development, we need communication, and we need cooperation. This is a common wish,” Communist Party chief Xi Jinping has told the chairwoman of Taiwan’s main opposition party.
In the meeting with Cheng Li-wun, head of the Kuomintang (KMT), in Beijing on Friday, Xi expressed full confidence that people across the Taiwan Strait would ultimately get closer and get together.
“The historical trend that compatriots of both sides…