The Chinese military has held large-scale drills as a warning to the island’s “separatist forces” and their Western backers
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has repeatedly stated that reunification with Taiwan is “inevitable,” reiterated the notion in his address to the nation on New Year’s Eve, touting an unbreakable “bond of blood and kinship.”
Taiwan has been ruled by Chinese nationalist forces as the Republic of China since their retreat after the defeat in the civil war in 1949. Beijing considers the island part of its sovereign territory under One China policy, shared by the majority of the international community.
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