Senior KMT figures sent a conciliatory signal to Beijing at a cross-strait youth event in Shanghai — good news for those who favour cross-strait dialogue, and pressure on the side in Taiwan that advocates independence.

• KMT deputy director Chang Jung-kung spoke at a cross-strait youth forum held in Shanghai, revisiting party chair Cheng Li-wun's "journey of peace" in April this year and the first meeting between KMT and CCP leaders in a decade.
• He stressed that the legal systems on both sides of the Strait define their mutual relationship in terms of "one China", and that there is therefore "no room for Taiwan independence", treating the 1992 Consensus as a precondition for resuming negotiations.
• He attributed current tensions in the Taiwan Strait, and the impact on the livelihoods of ordinary people in Taiwan, to a departure from the 1992 Consensus that has broken off the negotiation mechanism.
• The youth delegation was led by Lien Sheng-wu, travelling from Shanghai to Hangzhou, Yiwu and Hengdian, with a focus on the digital economy, Belt and Road trade and the film and television industry, showcasing China's development opportunities to young Taiwanese.

Outlook: The KMT looks set to continue this "exchanges to promote peace" line, and to draw a sharper contrast between its cross-strait policy and the DPP's confrontational stance ahead of next year's elections.