Taiwan Opposition Leader Seeks to Ease US Concerns Over China Stance

By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) – The leader of Taiwan’s main ?opposition ?party said on Friday that she ?had used a visit to the U.S. to correct “many misunderstandings” about her pro-engagement ?approach to China, amid strong criticism from hawks in Washington. Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s largest opposition party, has ?been on a two-week U.S. trip ?following her April visit to China, where she met President Xi Jinping. She told reporters she had met nine ?members of ?the U.S. Congress from committees dealing with finance, defense and foreign affairs, as ?well as academics and…