India, April 12 -- There seems to be some perceptible change with Kuomintang (KMT) Chair Cheng Li-wun visiting China on a "Peace Tour" and meeting with Xi Jinping and senior functionaries of Communist Party of China.

Cheng is the first KMT chairperson to have led a delegation to the Chinese mainland in a decade. Beijing refused to communicate with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after it came to power in 2016 and has shown scant interest in engaging with KMT leaders in the recent past. The visit is, therefore, significant and need to be studied by policy and military analysts alike. There is a USD 11 billion weapons package approved by the US for sale to Taiwan in the backdrop and that too should form a part of various discussions...