Has mainland China’s Taiwan policy entered a new phase?

    Has mainland China’s Taiwan policy entered a new phase?

    All eyes are on how Beijing’s “Chinese dream” of eventual Taiwan reunification will unfold at a time when the leader of the United States – Taipei’s top international backer – appears less likely to intervene in case of a cross-strait conflict. In the first of a three-part series, Amber Wang looks at how recent moves…

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    Xi congratulates Taiwan’s new KMT leader, calls for efforts to ‘advance reunification’

    Xi congratulates Taiwan’s new KMT leader, calls for efforts to ‘advance reunification’

    Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent his congratulations to the newly elected leader of Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang, Cheng Li-wun, calling for joint efforts to promote reunification. Xi said he hoped both the mainland’s ruling Communist Party and the island’s KMT could “strengthen their common political foundation and unite the vast majority of people…

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    China Slams Taiwan’s Lai for Speech Mentioning Independence

    China harshly condemned Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te for a speech aimed at rallying the democracy’s 23 million people to stand up to its larger neighbor — a back-and-forth that illustrates a deepening cross-strait divide. Lai was “wantonly spreading separatist remarks about ‘Taiwan independence,’” the People’s Daily said in a commentary on Tuesday, adding the address…

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