Xi Jinping declares China-Taiwan unification 'inevitable' after meeting with Taiwanese opposition

Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that the unification of China and Taiwan is inevitable following a meeting with Taiwan's opposition party. The encounter marked the first visit by the leader of Taiwan's Kuomintang party to mainland China in ten years. The Kuomintang, Taiwan's main opposition party, has historically maintained closer ties with Beijing compared to Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which advocates for Taiwan's independence. The meeting comes amid heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait, with Beijing continuing to assert its claim over the self-governing island democracy of 23 million people, which it views as a breakaway province that must eventually be reunified with the mainland.