TAITEI: Taiwan’s main opposition leader said Monday she hopes to “gain deeper trust” from the United States, before departing for the country where she is expected to be grilled over her party’s stance on China and defense spending. Kuomintang chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s trip comes two months after her “peace” visit to Beijing, where she met Chinese President Xi Jinping — the first such meeting in a decade — and weeks after US President Donald Trump’s summit with Xi in the Chinese capital.

Taiwan's main opposition leader said she hopes to "gain deeper trust" from the US, before departing for the country where she is expected to be grilled over her party's stance on…

Taiwan's leading opposition figure, Cheng Li-wun, has declared her "very willing" intention to meet President Donald Trump during her visit to the United States this month.

Cheng, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's largest opposition party, leaves for a two-week US trip later on Monday, following on from her April visit to China, where she…

TAITEI: Taiwan’s main opposition leader said Monday she hopes to “gain deeper trust” from the United States, before departing for the country where she is expected to be grilled…

TAIPEI, June 1 — Taiwan’s main opposition leader said today she hopes to “gain deeper trust” from the United States, before departing for the country where she is...

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KMT leader Cheng Li-wun is traveling to the US for a two-week visit. She has indicated she is "very interested" in meeting President Donald Trump but could face a grilling over…

KMT chair Cheng Li-wun’s visit follows a recent meeting with Xi Jinping but she has a tough task selling her cross-strait vision in America.

KMT leader Cheng Li-wun is visiting the US for two weeks and hopes to meet Trump, though she may face questions over her China stance.

"On Monday, she is flying to the US with a message Beijing would recognize as its own."

Reassuring Washington of the KMT’s strategic alignment is the most pressing challenge for Cheng Li-wun following her return from Beijing.

Cheng Li-wun is in San Francisco at the start of a two-week US visit that is being closely monitored in Beijing, Taipei and Washington.