Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held a highly unusual meeting with a former leader of Taiwan, the democratic island that Beijing considers to be a breakaway province, in a signal to Washington, the incoming administration in Taipei and the rest of Asia.
In this image taken from video by Taiwan’s TVBS, Chinese President Xi Jinping at right meets with former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in a bid to promote unification between the sides that separated …
Mr. Xi, in footage carried by state broadcaster CCTV, told Mr. Ma there is “one China” and praised the former leader for rejecting moves toward Taiwanese independence. Mr. Ma is the first former Taiwanese leader to be feted in Beijing since Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist Kuomintang party fled to the island in 1949 after a civil war with Mao Zedong’s Communists. Mr. Xi and Mr. Ma also met in Singapore in 2015.
The summit will focus on Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea. All three nations could be pulled into any conflict between China and Taiwan.
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