The council issued the statement after the KMT and China’s state-run Xinhua news agency said that Cheng had accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) to visit China next week. The CCP’s ambition to eliminate the Republic of China (ROC) and annex Taiwan would not change, regardless of any exchanges with Taiwanese parties or individuals, the MAC said. Taiwanese flags are positioned behind a podium at the Mainland Affairs Council in Taipei in an undated photograph. “The consensus of Taiwanese is that the ROC and the People’s Republic of China are not subordinate to each other,” Lin said. DPP policy committee executive director Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) added that in pursuit of a meeting with Xi, Cheng is willing to say anything.

Source: Taipei Times March 30, 2026 17:12 UTC