Taipei (Taiwan) – “The reunification of the nation must be achieved, and it will certainly be achieved”. Thus the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who adds: “Peaceful reunification is in line with the general interest of the Chinese nation, including compatriots of Taiwan”. Meanwhile, the overflight of Chinese military aircraft in the area continues. In total, over the course of four days, Beijing’s fighter jets flew 149 times to Taiwan.
China will achieve reunification with Taiwan, and anyone who tries to divide the country “will not end up well”. The latest warning on the island issue issued by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, who gave a speech to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the revolution inspired by Sun Yat-sen, which in 1911 led to the fall of the Celestial Empire, is therefore very harsh. , and gave birth to the Republic of China.
“The Taiwan issue will be resolved and national renewal will become a reality,” Xi said in his speech at the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square, in which he repeatedly cited the goal of national renewal, which he himself promoted. since he became general secretary of the Communist Party of China at the end of 2012. Taiwan’s reunification with China “by peaceful means” serves the interests of the Chinese nation, “including our Taiwan compatriots.”
Words that sparked the immediate reaction of Taipei: in a note, the Council for Relations with China stressed that the 23 million inhabitants of the island have the right to decide the future and development of Taiwan and rejected the proposals “wrong” policies coming from Beijing, which proposes the “one country, two systems” model. Quoting President Tsai Ing-wen, the Council called on Beijing to abandon “provocative and intrusive measures” and to reconsider “with a more open mind” the issues of peace, reciprocity, democracy and dialogue. “Only then”, the note concluded, “can there be a healthy development of relations in the Strait”.
The Taiwan issue has made a strong comeback in recent days, with the rise in military pressure from Beijing on the island, which has aroused international alarm and strong criticism, especially from the United States.
The tones of today’s speech are among the most peremptory ever used by the Chinese president, who has never made any secret of considering the reunification of Taiwan one of the priority objectives of China under his leadership. Island secessionism is “the biggest obstacle” to achieving national renewal, Xi said. “Whoever forgets the past, betrays the motherland and tries to divide the country will not end well. They will be taken by the people and condemned by history”, he added, interrupted by applause. In the Taiwan issue, China will not allow interference, the Chinese president warned, because it is a purely internal issue. “Nobody should underestimate the determination and strong ability of the Chinese people to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity”, concluded Xi, and “the historic task of the complete reunification of the motherland must be accomplished and will certainly be accomplished”.
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