China reunification of Taiwan

Xi Jinping

Inserted 3 months ago

“The reunification of the motherland is a historical inevitability. Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should be bound by a common sense of purpose and share in the glory of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”

Taipeitimes

President of the People's Republic of China

31 Dec 2023 5 3

Xi Jinping

Inserted 1 year ago

“China had always respected, cared for and benefited Taiwanese, and was committed to promoting economic and cultural exchanges across the Taiwan Strait. We insist on striving for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and best efforts, but we will never promise to give up the use of force and reserve the option to take all necessary measures. The historical wheels of national reunification and national rejuvenation are rolling forward, and the complete reunification of the motherland must be achieved.”

Taipeitimes

President of the People's Republic of China

16 Oct 2022 2 4

Xiao Qian

Inserted 1 year ago

“It's an issue of reunification, complete reunification, and … of Taiwan coming back to the motherland. Use of force was the last thing China wanted, as it was waiting for a peaceful reunification. But we cannot, we can never rule out the option to use other means, so when necessary, when compelled, we are ready to use all necessary means. As to what does it mean, 'all necessary means'? You can use your imagination, but … [the] Chinese people are absolutely determined to protect our sovereignty, territorial integrity, we will never allow Taiwan to be separated from China.”

Theguardian

China’s ambassador to Australia

10 Aug 2022 2 3

Wang Wenbin

Inserted 1 year ago

“I have noted those remarks of the US side. We deplore and reject Secretary Blinken's statement. Since China and the US established diplomatic ties in 1979, US administrations, including the current one, have all clearly stated that they would adhere to the one-China policy. The China-US Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and the August 17 Communiqué clearly noted that 'the United States of America recognized the Government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China, and it acknowledged the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China.' In the Shanghai Communiqué, the U.S. side also declared that 'The United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. The United States Government does not challenge that position.' The US admits that Taiwan is part of China, but keeps talking about the mainland's potential aggression of Taiwan. Isn't this self-contradictory since a country can not 'invade' part of its own territory? The US leadership has stated on multiple occasions that the US does not support 'Taiwan independence'. However, the US side has not stopped selling arms to and having official contact with Taiwan, which have sent wrong signals to 'Taiwan independence' forces. We have this stern warning for the US side: The historical trend of China's reunification cannot be held back, and the one-China principle is what underpins peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. The US side shall not underestimate the strong resolve, determination and capability of the 1.4 billion Chinese people in defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Reneging on the commitment will push Taiwan to dangerous waters and bring unbearable cost to the US itself.”

Fmprc

Spokesperson of China and deputy director of the Foreign Ministry Information Department of China

27 Apr 2022 6 8

Zhu Fenglian

Inserted 2 years ago

“We are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification. But if 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces continue to provoke and coerce, or even cross any red line, we will have to take decisive measures. The pursuit of independence will only throw Taiwan into a deep chasm and bring about profound catastrophe.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office

01 Jan 2022 4 5

Xi Jinping

Inserted 2 years ago

“The prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao is always is always close to the heart of the motherland... The complete reunification of our motherland is an aspiration shared by people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits.”

Twitter

President of the People's Republic of China

01 Jan 2022 5 5

Global Times

Inserted 2 years ago

“The general public on the mainland is getting increasingly impatient with the actions of Taiwan secessionists that have been dissipating our energy. And the voices that demand the country's reunification by force are getting louder and louder. The US and the secessionist forces in Taiwan must understand that no matter whether Beijing sends its military aircraft over the island, shoots down some of Taiwan's warplanes, or sends a ship to ram a provocative US warship, it will surely be welcomed by the people on the mainland. The government of the mainland has already been authorized by its people in advance to punish Taiwan secessionists by force.”

Globaltimes

Editorial piece by Global Times

24 Nov 2021 3 4

Hu Xijin

Inserted 2 years ago

“Peaceful reunification would likely result from applying enough pressure to make the DPP [Democratic Progressive Party] leadership believe it had no choice but to surrender. Personally, I believe there is still a chance for peaceful reunification, but it must be based on the condition that the DPP authority feels cornered and will perish if they do not accept reunification.”

Taipeitimes

Editor-in-chief of the hawkish mainland Chinese state-run tabloid Global Times

01 Nov 2021 5 3

Jin Canrong

Inserted 2 years ago

“The US is getting nervous about the latest development in the Taiwan Straits as it has seen the strong determination and strength of the Chinese mainland to solve the Taiwan question, and it might not be able to keep the Taiwan card in its hands anymore. So it wants to internationalize the Taiwan question, to transfer the matter from China's internal affairs to an 'international issue,' so that it could create more trouble to the process of the reunification of China.”

Globaltimes

Associate dean of the Renmin University of China's School of International Studies

27 Oct 2021 5 5

Peter Jennings

Inserted 2 years ago

“It's clear Beijing won't give up its aspiration for unification with Taiwan, but if Xi [Xi Jinping] realises the costs of such military folly will be too high, the hope is he will leave that to future generations. Deterrence secures the peace, whereas appeasement will surely lead to war.”

Aspistrategist

Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s executive director and a former deputy secretary for strategy in the Department of Defence

18 Oct 2021 2 5

Qianshao Fu

Inserted 2 years ago

“With Taiwan's military personnel overstretched, how effective can the drill be if a group of burned out people participate? Due to huge disparities in power, Taiwan would not be able to resist the mainland if reunification is to be achieved by force. The drill is just for show.”

Globaltimes

Chinese military aviation expert

18 Oct 2021 2 5

Global Times

Inserted 2 years ago

“Taiwan's political future can never be determined by its society. This is because Taiwan is part of China's national sovereignty, and in a country with traditions of great unity going back thousands of years, the answer to the Taiwan question is established and it is even clearer, especially when China's national strength is flourishing. On the global scale, even if the US and its allies want to use the Taiwan question to impede the Chinese mainland, they will have to verbally pledge their support for the 'one-China' policy. And no major power will dare openly recognize Taiwan as an independent sovereign state.”

Globaltimes

Editorial piece by Global Times

10 Oct 2021 4 6

Rob McBride

Inserted 2 years ago

“Reunification with Taiwan has been the goal of Chinese presidents ever since the formation of the People's Republic of China and Xi [Xi Jinping] is determined to achieve this under his leadership. But Tsai Ing-wen's position is that the island's future will be decided by its people. In her speech, she also spoke about Hong Kong's experience, which in recent months has seen the erosion of certain rights and freedoms under the implementation of a sweeping new security law. She says that should serve as a warning for the people of Taiwan.”

Aljazeera

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Hong Kong

10 Oct 2021 6 4

Oriana Skylar Mastro

Inserted 2 years ago

“Even moderate voices in Beijing have been calling for tossing out peaceful reunification. I think the military option is the option now.”

Nytimes

Fellow at Stanford University who specialises in Chinese military and security policy

09 Oct 2021 3 5

Xi Jinping

Inserted 2 years ago

“Taiwan independence separatism is the biggest obstacle to achieving the reunification of the motherland, and the most serious hidden danger to national rejuvenation. Peaceful reunification best meets the overall interests of the Taiwanese people, but China will protect its sovereignty and unity. No one should underestimate the Chinese people's staunch determination, firm will, and strong ability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland must be fulfilled, and will definitely be fulfilled.”

Reuters

President of the People's Republic of China

09 Oct 2021 5 5

Global Times

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is no force in the world whose will to 'defend Taiwan' is stronger than China's will to fight against secession and achieve reunification. To be precise, they are completely incomparable. China dares to have a life-and-death fight against any force that hinders our reunification, but no force dares or is willing to fight to the death against the world's second largest economy, as well as a nuclear power, in order to prevent China's reunification.”

Globaltimes

Editorial piece

05 Oct 2021 4 3

Global Times

Inserted 2 years ago

“Resolving the Taiwan question and realizing national reunification has never become so weightier on the shoulders of all Chinese people. Not only the US, but also some other countries are trying to use the Taiwan question as a card to play against Beijing. A fundamental solution to the Taiwan question is becoming all the more reasonable day by day.”

Globaltimes

Editorial piece by Global Times

04 Oct 2021 5 3

Le Yucheng

Inserted 3 years ago

“National reunification of the island of Taiwan and China is a historical process. It will not be stopped by anyone or any force. We will never let Taiwan go independent. We are prepared to do everything we can for a peaceful reunification. That said, we don't pledge to give up other options. No option is excluded. The Taiwan question bears on China's core interests. There is simply no room for compromise.”

Globaltimes

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister

16 Apr 2021 1 5

Eric Lee

Inserted 3 years ago

“The (Chinese Communist Party's) hopes for unification with Taiwan have been clear for decades, and Xi Jinping has made clear during his term that use of force is on the table. This challenge is nothing new. Rather, it reflects an updated threat perception of the CCP and PLA [People's Liberation Army] in the context of US strategic competition with China.”

Aljazeera

Research associate at the Project 2049 Institute in Arlington - Virginia

14 Apr 2021 7 4

Wu Qiang

Inserted 3 years ago

“Xi [Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping] is likely planning to make a definite move to annex, or, in the CCP's [Chinese Communist Party] terminology, 'unify with', the democratic island of Taiwan in the next five years. Beijing is looking at speeding up a resolution of the Taiwan issue during Xi's third term as president. This means that, over the next few years, the Taiwan issue will become the most important story in the Western Pacific. It is a focal issue that will trigger changes in Sino-U.S. relations sooner rather than later, and will be a flashpoint for Sino-U.S. conflict. Beijing is facing unprecedented military tensions in its backyard, a security situation that the CCP really didn't want to see. Most of this revolves around Taiwan, which is the core goal of the national rejuvenation program by 2035.”

Rfa

Former politics lecturer at Beijing's Tsinghua University

10 Mar 2021 7 4

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“The reunification of the motherland is a historical inevitability. Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should be bound by a common sense of purpose and share in the glory of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”

“The prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao is always is always close to the heart of the motherland... The complete reunification of our motherland is an aspiration shared by people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits.”

“It's clear Beijing won't give up its aspiration for unification with Taiwan, but if Xi [Xi Jinping] realises the costs of such military folly will be too high, the hope is he will leave that to future generations. Deterrence secures the peace, whereas appeasement will surely lead to war.”

“With Taiwan's military personnel overstretched, how effective can the drill be if a group of burned out people participate? Due to huge disparities in power, Taiwan would not be able to resist the mainland if reunification is to be achieved by force. The drill is just for show.”

“Even moderate voices in Beijing have been calling for tossing out peaceful reunification. I think the military option is the option now.”

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