Amid heightened tensions between China and Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinping told a former Taiwanese president who supports unification that the countries “belong” together.
“Differences in systems cannot change the fact that both sides of the Taiwan Straits belong to the same country and nation,” Xi said.
“External interference cannot stop the historical trend of reunion of the country and family,” Xi said, in comments reported by Taiwanese media and published by Reuters.
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Beijing claims the independent island of Taiwan is a Chinese province and has threatened to use force to achieve unification. China frequently sends warplanes and naval vessels to circle the small island democracy and has been mounting an increasing number of military drills over recent years.
Americans lives are guaranteed to protect them from an invasion.
Either they are part of China and we need to step away or they are a free nation which we defend.
I’ve yet to meet a Taiwanese person who wanted to merge with China. Doesn’t mean they aren’t out there. I just haven’t met one.
They just don’t want declare independence because it means war.