Taipei, April 1 -- The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) called on Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairwoman Cheng Li-wun to seriously acknowledge the pressure and coercion exerted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Taiwan, refrain from supporting its political agenda, and avoid its "united front" strategies designed to create internal divisions, according to a Taipei Times report.

The MAC called on the Chinese Nationalist Party chairwoman on Tuesday.

The council made the statement after both the KMT and China's state-run Xinhua news agency confirmed that Cheng had accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit China next week. The MAC stressed that the CCP's goal of abolishing the Republic of China (ROC) and annex...