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China's Xi Jinping spoke of a ‘family reunion’ with Taiwan when he met with a former Taiwanese president. Beijing has threatened to use force to reabsorb the democracy.

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.

    • Luden [comrade/them]@lemmy.mlEnglish
      24·
      7 months ago

      Do you disagree with my comment about the KMT? If the Confederacy had retreated to Hawaii and stopped being racist, they still wouldn’t be the legitimate government of the US.

      • jaschen@lemm.eeEnglish
        41·
        7 months ago

        Well, Hawaii didn’t get statehood until 1959. As a matter of fact, Hawaii wasn’t even Annexed until The Confederacy was dissolved. But I get what you mean.

        Let’s say they did go there and started a new country on their own. The United States doesn’t own that government.