Amid rising China-Taiwan tension, Beijing sends team to Taipei for pacts on healthcare, red panda

Deputy head of Shanghai's Taiwan Affairs Office Li Xiaodong and Shanghai Vice Mayor Hua Yuan arrived in Taipei on Monday for an annual forum hosted this year by the Taipei City government, which is led by the Beijing-friendly main opposition party Kuomintang read more A group of Chinese politicians arrived in Taiwan on Monday for a rare visit, as relations between Beijing and Taipei remain fraught. China considers Taiwan part of its territory and in recent years has ramped up military and political pressure on the self-ruled island to assert its claims. Beijing severed high-level communications with Taipei in 2016…