Xi Jinping met with the Taiwanese opposition leader after nearly a decade.

According to AFP, on April 10, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Cheng Li-wen, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), the main opposition party in Taiwan.

Ms. Trinh is the first KMT leader to visit mainland China in a decade, since 2016.

During the meeting, Xi Jinping assured the KMT delegation that he had "full confidence" that the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait would eventually achieve reunification. He also stated that the world today is not entirely peaceful, and that peace is precious. Furthermore, he emphasized that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to "one China."

The Chinese leader affirmed: "People on both sides of the strait are all Chinese, one family, and all desire peace, development, exchange, and cooperation. A harmonious family brings prosperity in all things."

"The ideology of Taiwanese independence is the main culprit undermining peace in the Taiwan Strait. We absolutely will not tolerate or compromise on that."

Xi Jinping added: "The general trend is that people on both sides of the strait are drawing closer together, becoming more connected, and ultimately achieving unity—this is an inevitable process of history. We have complete confidence in that."

For her part, Ms. Trinh expressed hope that the Taiwan Strait "will no longer be a flashpoint with a risk of conflict" and "certainly will not become a chessboard for outside forces to interfere."

She believes that mutually beneficial relations between the two sides are what people on both sides desire. Exchanges and interactions should be reciprocal.

"Both sides need to transcend political confrontations and seek a systemic solution to prevent and avoid war, so that the Taiwan Strait can become a model for peaceful conflict resolution in the world," the KMT leader declared.

Based on that, Ms. Trinh suggested that both sides continue to plan and build institutionalized and sustainable dialogue and cooperation mechanisms.

"I, Le Van, sincerely hope that one day in the future I will have the opportunity to host and welcome General Secretary Xi and all of you present here to Taiwan," she affirmed.

Earlier, upon arriving on the mainland on the evening of April 7th, Ms. Cheng declared that "the two sides of the Taiwan Strait do not necessarily have to go to war as the international community fears."