TAIPEI, Taiwan—A visit by a Chinese official at the invitation of the Taiwanese capital’s newly elected China-friendly mayor has drawn protests on the self-ruled island.
The head of Shanghai city’s Taiwan Affairs Office, Li Xiaodong, arrived Saturday morning for a three-day visit that marks a rare point of contact between the sides.
The Chinese communist regime deems Taiwan a part of its territory to be conquered by force if necessary and has been courting pro-Chinese Communist Party media and politicians on the island to further its unification agenda.
The vast majority of Taiwanese back the status quo of de-facto independence while still maintaining close economic and social ties with the mainland….