New Delhi, April 10 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met Cheng Li-wun, a senior Taiwanese opposition figure, in Beijing. Cheng is the first leader of the Kuomintang (KMT) to head a party delegation to mainland China on a week-long visit in over a decade.

The meeting is being closely watched around the world as the Chinese leader stepped up efforts to reunify Taiwan, strictly enforcing its One-China policy since he took over in 2012, according to high military and diplomatic priority to it.

China claims Taiwan as part of it and pledges to reunite it with the mainland.

Meanwhile, China refuses to talk to Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, saying he is a "separatist". Lai Ching-te's administration has urged Cheng Li-wun to press Chin...