Xi Jinping warns Taiwan: China “will never renounce the use of force”

Xi Jinping, who is expected to be re-elected for a third term as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, spoke for nearly two hours at the opening of the 20th Party Congress on October 16. He received particularly enthusiastic applause when he addressed the issue of the reunification of China and Taiwan. Analysts believe that even though he “exercised restraint,” the message to the island was “clear.”

According to remarks relayed by the Chinese news agency Xinhua, Xi added that “the resolution of the Taiwan issue” is an issue “that must be resolved by the Chinese,” and that, regarding the reunification of China, “history was in the making.”

As for the hypothesis of the use of force, it refers solely to “interference by external forces and the few separatists seeking Taiwan’s independence; it in no way targets our compatriots in Taiwan.” Agency

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