China has expressed a terrible warning of four words to the world while Xi Jinping continues to try to affirm its country over Taiwan, which it considers its territory.
President Xi issued stern caution in his New Year’s address, noting that no one can prevent China’s “reunification” with Taiwan.
It comes as Beijing continues to ramp up military pressure around Taiwan, with warships and aircraft entering the island’s waters and airspace.
Despite this, Taiwan’s government maintains its democratic governance and rejects Beijing’s claims, insisting that only the Taiwanese people can determine their future.
XI Under pressure the circle of relatives is tied between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
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He said, “People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are a circle of relatives. No one can break the bonds of our circle of relatives and no one can prevent the historic trend towards national reunification.
Last year, Xi asserted that reunification was inevitable and called for shared purpose and glory in the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
He said that other people on both sides “should be linked in combination through an intelligent sense of goal and percentage in the glory of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. “
Tensions have remained high throughout the year, particularly following the election of Lai Ching-te, labelled a “separatist” by Beijing, as Taiwan’s latest president in May.
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China has stepped up its military posture through a naval presence around Taiwan and in the East and South China Seas, following the Taiwanese vice president’s stops of Hawaii and Guam.
Beijing, which maintains its right to use force to impose itself on Taiwan, has carried out military exercises as a warning against “separatist acts” and threatens further action if provoked.
Meanwhile, U. S. arms sales in Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act continue to worsen tensions with China, which has issued dire warnings to the U. S. about the military with Taiwan and imposed sanctions on arms suppliers and their leaders.
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