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Taiwanese opposition leader Cheng Li-wun begins โ€˜journey of peaceโ€™ in Shanghai

Taiwanese opposition leader Cheng Li-wun said she hoped to make the Taiwan Strait โ€œsafeโ€ and not one of the worldโ€™s โ€œmost dangerous placesโ€ as she left for Shanghai on Tuesday. Kuomintang chairwoman Cheng is leading a 14-member delegation โ€“ including three KMT vice-chairmen โ€“ on a six-day visit to mainland China. A planned meeting with Communist Party leader Xi Jinping during the trip has drawn scrutiny in Taipei as tensions soar across the strait. Lawmakers from the ruling Democratic...