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KMT engaged in intricate balancing act with Beijing ahead of 2024 presidential elections

The official ideologue of the Chinese Communist Party, Wang Huning, met with the vice-president of the opposition Kuomintang Party, Andrew Hsia, on 10 February 2023. © Yin Bogu/Xinhua via AFP

Andrew Hsia, vice chairman of Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party, who ended a visit to China on 17 February, is taking part in a tight game. China is busy with its plans for reunification with Taiwan by 2027 and hopes that 2024's elections there will cause maximum division. [...]

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