On Sun Yat-sen anniversary, Xi calls for dialogue on Taiwan with ‘people of vision’

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that Beijing was ready to engage in dialogue on Taiwan reunification with “people of vision” from across the island.

Xi pledged to accommodate the island’s realities but took a hard line against separatism in a speech at a ceremony marking the 160th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen, one of the nation’s revolutionary forefathers who is revered on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

He said the reunification of the island with the mainland was an...