Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Friday morning met with Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, in Beijing.

Xi stressed that no matter how the international landscape and the situation across the Taiwan Strait may evolve, the overarching trend toward the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will not change, and the prevailing momentum for the Chinese on both sides of the strait to come together will not change.