President Xi Jinping has instructed the Chinese Communist Party to turn China's military into a “great wall of steel” as a pledge to "realise" reunification with Taiwan.
Patrick Hannaford
Digital Reporter
March 13, 2023 - 7:13PM - sky News
Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to pursue reunification with Taiwan in a speech laying out the priorities for his third term in office.
President Xi spoke to the National People’s Congress on Monday, after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rubber-stamped his third term as President last week – confirming his place as the most powerful Chinese president since Mao Zedong.
Making a point to emphasize the so-called century of humiliation, where China was “gradually reduced to a semi-colonial, semi-feudal society” by “ruling foreign powers”, President Xi said the CCP had “finally washed away the national humiliation” and set China on an “irreversible historically course” of national rejuvenation.
According to Xi, the essence of this rejuvenation is reunification with Taiwan.
“National reunification is the shared aspiration of the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation and the essence of national rejuvenation,” President Xi said.
“We should implement our party’s overall policy for resolving the Taiwan question in the new era, uphold the one-China principle, and stick to the 1992 consensus.”
Although he called for the “peaceful development of cross-trade relations,” President Xi was clear that reunification was the goal.
“We must unswervingly advance the cause of national rejuvenation and reunification,” he said.
“We should radically oppose the interference of external forces and the successionist activities of Taiwan independence.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to "realise" reunification with Taiwan in a speech to China's National People's Congress on Monday. Picture: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Patrick Hannaford
Digital Reporter
March 13, 2023 - 7:13PM - sky News
Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to pursue reunification with Taiwan in a speech laying out the priorities for his third term in office.
President Xi spoke to the National People’s Congress on Monday, after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rubber-stamped his third term as President last week – confirming his place as the most powerful Chinese president since Mao Zedong.
Making a point to emphasize the so-called century of humiliation, where China was “gradually reduced to a semi-colonial, semi-feudal society” by “ruling foreign powers”, President Xi said the CCP had “finally washed away the national humiliation” and set China on an “irreversible historically course” of national rejuvenation.
According to Xi, the essence of this rejuvenation is reunification with Taiwan.
“National reunification is the shared aspiration of the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation and the essence of national rejuvenation,” President Xi said.
“We should implement our party’s overall policy for resolving the Taiwan question in the new era, uphold the one-China principle, and stick to the 1992 consensus.”
Although he called for the “peaceful development of cross-trade relations,” President Xi was clear that reunification was the goal.
“We must unswervingly advance the cause of national rejuvenation and reunification,” he said.
“We should radically oppose the interference of external forces and the successionist activities of Taiwan independence.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to "realise" reunification with Taiwan in a speech to China's National People's Congress on Monday. Picture: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
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