Taiwan opposition chief arrives for China ‘peace’ mission as president calls for talks

Taiwan’s opposition leader arrived in China on Tuesday for a “peace” mission and potential meeting with President Xi Jinping, as Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te reiterated he was open for talks but the island had the right to chart its own course. Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the ?Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s largest opposition party, is traveling at a time of increased Chinese military pressure on Taiwan, which Beijing views ?as its own ?territory, and as the opposition-dominated parliament stalls a government plan for $40 billion in extra defense ?spending. Speaking to reporters at her party’s headquarters in Taipei before going to the…