The leader of Taiwan's main opposition party Kuomintang (KMT), Cheng Li-wun, on Monday heads to the United States for a two-week visit. The trip comes two months after her visit to China , where she met with President Xi Jinping and spoke of there being a need for work to "promote reconciliation across the Strait and create regional prosperity and peace." China views Taiwan, which is governed independently, as a breakaway province and has not ruled out the use of force in taking it back. With