“Trojanizing” the Kuomintang: China deepens political interference in Taiwan to subordinate the island by 2028

From February 2 to 4, 2026, a delegation from the Taiwanese party Kuomintang (KMT) made its first official visit to the PRC in a decade. The formal reason for it was the KMT’s decision to resume institutional contacts with the Communist Party of China—particularly through their affiliated think tanks.

According to KMT Vice Chairman Hsiao Hsu-tsen, who led the delegation to Beijing, the talks covered issues of intensifying bilateral cooperation in industrial, digital, and youth spheres, as well as the idea of “promoting peace” between Taiwan and the PRC.

However, it is believed that the real objective of this visit was to lay the groundwork for direct negotiations between the new KMT leader Cheng Li-wun and Xi Jinping by the end of 2026.