India, April 8 -- A delegation of the pro-Beijing Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, led by its leader Cheng Li-wun, arrived in Shanghai on Tuesday on a six-day visit during which it is likely to meet President Xi Jinping to discuss easing of cross-strait tensions.

Cheng's visit to China, being closely watched around the world, marks the first trip by a KMT leader in a decade. The focus of her visit was expected to be a meeting with Xi, who, since he assumed power in 2012, stepped up efforts to "re-unify" Taiwan, strictly enforcing its One-China policy, according to high military and diplomatic priority to it.

China claims Taiwan as part of it and pledges to reunite it with the mainland. China calls Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive P...