China says it will resume some ties with Taiwan after visit by opposition leader

China said Sunday that it would resume some ties it had suspended with Taiwan such as direct flights and imports of Taiwanese aquaculture products after a visit by the Beijing-friendly opposition leader of the self-ruled island. The Taiwan Work Office under China’s Communist Party issued a statement saying it would explore setting up a long-standing communication mechanism between the Communist Party and Taiwan’s Kuomintang party, or KMT. It said it will facilitate the import of Taiwan’s aquaculture products that it had previously banned. Cheng Li-wun, the head of the KMT, and China’s President Xi Jinping held a high-profile meeting Friday…